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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Florida 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?

$2,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$295 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,023 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,550Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $91 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $389

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
$478.63
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
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
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08

Where Florida 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

Florida· 35th of 51

$2,087

$389 physician + $1,698 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.