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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

New Jersey 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?

$2,954

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,954 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$200$155 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,622 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $427 to $7,586Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $123 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $200

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
$158.49
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
6 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
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$2,954

$200 physician + $2,754 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.