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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Illinois 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?

$2,566

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,566 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$275$224 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,549 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,370Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $170 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $275

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
$218.78
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
7 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
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$2,566

$275 physician + $2,291 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.