go back

Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Nebraska 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?

$2,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$302$229 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,514 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,244Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $158 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $302

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
$239.88
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$2,391

$302 physician + $2,089 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.