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Simple Drainage Of A Tailbone-Area Cyst

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 10080

This procedure surgically opens and drains a cyst that has formed near the tailbone, at the base of the spine, when the cyst is infected or causing a simple, uncomplicated abscess. It relieves pressure and pain by draining the trapped fluid or pus. It's a more limited version compared to treatment of a more complicated case.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Drainage Of A Tailbone-Area Cyst cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $741 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$83.18 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$251 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,818Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $76 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $120

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
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$123

AK $501KY $123

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.