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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 27301

This procedure surgically opens and drains a deep collection of pus, fluid, or blood, such as an abscess, cyst, or hematoma, located within the thigh or knee area. It addresses a problem situated deeper in the tissue rather than just beneath the skin surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage cost?

$2,641

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$525 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$759 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $575 to $19,498Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 34th of 50

$2,641

$646 physician + $1,995 facility

IN $10,603MD $1,306

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.