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Open Drainage Of An Appendix Abscess

South Carolina 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?

$1,633

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$646 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$603 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,318Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $741

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
$933.25
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
11 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
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$1,633

$741 physician + $891 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.