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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Virginia 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?

$3,286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$468$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,047 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,550Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $363 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $468

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
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
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
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 10th of 51

$3,286

$468 physician + $2,818 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.