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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Michigan 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?

$5,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$871$759 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,918Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 9th of 50

$5,769

$871 physician + $4,898 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.