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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Utah 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?

$5,263

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$692$525 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,162 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,511Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $692

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
$691.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 50

$5,263

$692 physician + $4,571 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.