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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Illinois 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?

$3,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$468 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,660 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,754Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $631

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
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
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
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$3,030

$631 physician + $2,399 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.