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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Florida 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?

$1,898

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$155 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,023 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,550Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $129 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $200

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
$257.04
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
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
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36

Where Florida 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

Florida· 29th of 51

$1,898

$200 physician + $1,698 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.