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Open Drainage of an Abscess in the Abdomen

New Jersey 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?

$3,079

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,202 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $1,380

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$3,079

$1,380 physician + $1,698 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.