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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery cost?

$2,490

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,490 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 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 6 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 $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,288 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,365Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $141 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 16.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 51

$2,490

$200 physician + $2,291 facility

IN $8,914MD $526

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.