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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Michigan 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?

$2,222

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$562$468 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,175 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,467Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $562

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
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
13 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
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 51

$2,222

$562 physician + $1,660 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.