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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Kansas 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?

$3,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$575$468 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$813 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,943Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $380 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$676.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 27th of 50

$3,087

$575 physician + $2,512 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.