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Opening The Thigh Or Knee Bone To Drain Infection

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27303

Surgery that cuts down to the thigh bone or the bone at the knee and opens the hard outer shell so infected material inside can be drained out. The infected and dead bone is washed out, samples are sent to identify the organism, and antibiotics follow. It is done for a bone infection or abscess that will not clear with medicine alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Thigh Or Knee Bone To Drain Infection cost?

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $3,090.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,761
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Alaska· 41st of 50

$1,288

IN $7,762ND $631

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.