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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

New Jersey 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?

$7,308

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$851$741 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$4,467 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $11,749Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $851

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 5th of 50

$7,308

$851 physician + $6,457 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.