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Open Drainage of an Abscess in the Abdomen

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49020

Opens the abdomen to drain a walled-off pocket of pus inside the abdominal cavity and wash out the infected area. The surgeon finds the collection, releases the pus, cleans the space, and usually leaves a drain so any remaining fluid can escape. It is used when the infection cannot be drained with a needle through the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage of an Abscess in the Abdomen cost?

$13,523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,012 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$5,012$2,188 to $6,457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,511
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $5,012

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,332.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
12 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
$776.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$13,523

$5,012 physician + $8,511 facility

ME $17,891MD $2,222

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.