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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Maine 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?

$2,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$275$204 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,698 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,236Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,778professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
12 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
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25

Where Maine 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

Maine· 27th of 51

$2,054

$275 physician + $1,778 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.