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Needle Drainage Through The Vaginal Wall

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 57020

A needle is passed through the back wall of the vagina into the space behind the uterus to draw off fluid that has collected there. The fluid can then be examined to tell blood from pus or another kind of collection. It is a short procedure that needs no incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Drainage Through The Vaginal Wall cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$115 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,365 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $8,913Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $87 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $135

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 31.6 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$166

CA $2,951HI $93.33

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.