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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Massachusetts 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?

$2,566

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,566 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$479 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$501 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,129Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $661

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
$501.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$2,566

$661 physician + $1,905 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.