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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

South Dakota 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?

$1,984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$912$575 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$813 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,548Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $912

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
$501.19
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,984

$912 physician + $1,072 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.