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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Mississippi 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?

$2,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$912$759 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$759 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,818Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,995
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,175professional $912

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
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Mississippi 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 feeMississippi $2,087 · 44th 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.