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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Nebraska 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?

$8,855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$912$794 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$1,318 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $871 to $14,454Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 2nd of 50

$8,855

$912 physician + $7,943 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.