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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 July 2026.

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

$3,409

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$525$398 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$661 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,898Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $891
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $525

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
$549.54
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 50

$3,409

$525 physician + $2,884 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.