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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Kansas 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?

$3,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$257$224 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,096 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,898Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $186 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $257

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
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
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
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 9th of 51

$3,493

$257 physician + $3,236 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.