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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Oregon 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?

$1,818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$646 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$871 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,026Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $794

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 46th of 51

$1,818

$794 physician + $1,023 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.