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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Georgia 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?

$1,676

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,676 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$263$219 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$851 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,370Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $178 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $263

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
$165.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
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
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 37th of 51

$1,676

$263 physician + $1,413 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.