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Draining a Deep Throat Abscess Through the Mouth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 42720

A pocket of pus deep behind or beside the throat is opened and drained through an incision made inside the mouth, with no cut on the neck. The pus is released and the area washed out, relieving pressure that can narrow the airway and make swallowing difficult. Antibiotics are given alongside the drainage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Draining a Deep Throat Abscess Through the Mouth cost?

$4,543

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$617 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,455 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,380

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,754.23
12 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
$194.98
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$4,543

$1,380 physician + $3,162 facility

CO $4,927DE $1,097

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.