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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Florida 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?

$8,057

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,057 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$708 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$3,090 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $25,119Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,230
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,244professional $813

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14

Where Florida 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 feeFlorida $8,057 · 3rd 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.