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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Indiana 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?

$3,845

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$214$174 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,514 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $14,125Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $148 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $214

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
$147.91
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,168.69
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
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
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$3,845

$214 physician + $3,631 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.