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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

Rhode Island 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?

$4,503

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,503 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$955$776 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,660 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $955

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 17th of 50

$4,503

$955 physician + $3,548 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.