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Open Drainage of an Abscess in the Abdomen

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,379

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,379 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,479 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$490 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,239
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,585

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$28,183.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,162.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,258.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,379

$1,585 physician + $794 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.