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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Oklahoma 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?

$2,193

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$741 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$1,000 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,457Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,288
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,380professional $813

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
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Oklahoma 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 feeOklahoma $2,193 · 42nd 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.