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Simple Drainage Of A Tailbone-Area Cyst

Louisiana 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$117 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$245 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,239Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $102 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $174

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
$154.88
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
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
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$234

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.