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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

South Dakota 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?

$2,142

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,142 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$692 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$759 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,820Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $912

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
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 33rd of 51

$2,142

$912 physician + $1,230 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.