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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 July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle cost?

$1,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 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$562$437 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$525 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,413Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $562

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
$562.34
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 46th of 50

$1,586

$562 physician + $1,023 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.