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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

North Dakota 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?

$732

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $732 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 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$437$339 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$251 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,570Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $257 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $295professional $437

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
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 50th of 51

$732

$437 physician + $295 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.