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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Iowa 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?

$3,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$457 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,047 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,413Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $575

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 50

$3,964

$575 physician + $3,388 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.