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Opening Infected Bone in the Leg or Ankle

Virginia rates for HCPCS 27607

Cuts down to a bone of the lower leg or ankle and opens its hard outer shell to release and drain infection or an abscess trapped inside it. Infected material and dead bone are cleared out and the area is washed, with samples sent to identify the organism. Opening the bone lets antibiotics reach tissue they otherwise cannot.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening Infected Bone in the Leg or Ankle cost?

$4,065

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,065 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$676$603 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,349 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $692 to $9,550Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $550 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $676

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
$691.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
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
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Oklahoma 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· 12th of 51

$4,065

$676 physician + $3,388 facility

OK $6,890MT $1,932

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.