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Simple Drainage Of A Tailbone-Area Cyst

South Carolina 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$100 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$257 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,715Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $72 to $295
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $363professional $151

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
$112.20
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
7 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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$182

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.