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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

North Carolina 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?

$1,812

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,812 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$263$204 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$832 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,074Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $174 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $263

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
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
8 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
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,812

$263 physician + $1,549 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.