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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Arizona 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?

$3,523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$741 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,202 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,943Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $832

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
$2,041.74
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Arizona· 24th of 50

$3,523

$832 physician + $2,692 facility

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.