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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Maryland 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?

$2,135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$513$407 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$525 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $457 to $6,166Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $513

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 38th of 50

$2,135

$513 physician + $1,622 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.