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Drainage Of Deep Infection, Lower Leg Or Ankle

Wyoming 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?

$4,020

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$759 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$2,951 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,090Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 7th of 51

$4,020

$1,000 physician + $3,020 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.