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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 October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess cost?

$2,060

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,060 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$912$776 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$692 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,310Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Maine 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

Oklahoma· 39th of 51

$2,060

$912 physician + $1,148 facility

ME $8,436MD $1,394

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.