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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Connecticut 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?

$6,184

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,184 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$214 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,677 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $13,490Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $178 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $295

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$6,184

$295 physician + $5,888 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.