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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

West Virginia 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?

$5,774

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$537 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,738 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $646 to $9,772Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $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
$645.65
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$26,915.35
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 11th of 50

$5,774

$646 physician + $5,129 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.