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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 10180

This procedure surgically opens and drains an infection that has developed in a surgical wound after an operation, addressing a more complicated infection than a simple, single-pocket abscess. It may involve exploring and cleaning multiple areas of infected tissue near the original surgical site.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery cost?

$1,848

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$437 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$372 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $234 to $7,244Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $646

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 40th of 51

$1,848

$646 physician + $1,202 facility

IN $8,914MD $526

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.