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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27603

This procedure surgically opens and drains a deep pocket of infection or trapped blood in the lower leg or ankle. It reaches below the surface layers into deeper soft tissue, rather than treating a shallow, surface-level problem. It is typically followed by wound care and antibiotics.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle cost?

$2,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$398 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,259 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,890Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $501

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.6 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 30th of 50

$2,900

$501 physician + $2,399 facility

IN $9,811ND $1,296

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.