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Opening The Thigh Or Knee Bone To Drain Infection

Washington 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?

$1,585

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $6,457.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $759 to $17,783
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585

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
$831.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 38th of 50

$1,585

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.