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Complex Abscess Drainage

Nationwide rates for HCPCS D7511

A surgical procedure to drain a dental infection that has spread beyond a single, easily reached pocket of pus into deeper or multiple areas of tissue. It typically involves a more extensive incision and sometimes a small drain to keep the area open, and is used for infections that are more serious than a simple, localized abscess.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complex Abscess Drainage cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 47 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$145$120 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$151 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,365Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $275professional $145

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
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Minnesota than in Nebraska. 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.

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MN $1,549NE $97.72

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.