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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 October 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle cost?

$1,617

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,617 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$617$537 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$776 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,898Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $617

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
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
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 49th of 51

$1,617

$617 physician + $1,000 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.