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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

New Mexico 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?

$2,171

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 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$550$447 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,230 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,762Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $550

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
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 32nd of 51

$2,171

$550 physician + $1,622 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.