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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

New Jersey 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?

$6,413

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$407 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,365 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,715Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$676.08
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 50

$6,413

$525 physician + $5,888 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.