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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Kansas 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?

$4,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$832 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,047 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,288
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,162professional $1,047

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
$1,000.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Kansas 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 feeKansas $4,209 · 19th 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.