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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Oregon 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?

$2,669

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,669 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,023 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$933 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,820Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $1,380

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
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 33rd of 50

$2,669

$1,380 physician + $1,288 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.