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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Colorado 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?

$5,735

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$182 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,585 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $269 to $13,183Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $417
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $240

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
$269.15
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 8th of 51

$5,735

$240 physician + $5,495 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.