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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Alabama rates for HCPCS 44900

A pocket of pus that has formed around an inflamed or burst appendix is opened and drained through an incision in the abdomen. The cavity is washed out and a drain is usually left so it keeps emptying while the infection settles.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess cost?

$3,562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$871$741 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,259 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,169Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,549
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,692professional $871

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlabama $3,562 · 23rd of 50
CA $9,971MD $1,268

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.