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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Arizona 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?

$2,309

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,309 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$490$427 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$955 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,370Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $490

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
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
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 28th of 51

$2,309

$490 physician + $1,820 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.