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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 October 2026.

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

$5,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$288$224 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,188 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,965Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $288

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
$269.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
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
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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· 1st of 51

$5,912

$288 physician + $5,623 facility

CO $5,912MT $637

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.