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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$1,899

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$468 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,072 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,631Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $550

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$1,899

$550 physician + $1,349 facility

CO $6,464MT $1,390

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.