go back

Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Nevada 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?

$2,224

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,224 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$229$182 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,230 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,129Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $229

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
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
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
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$2,224

$229 physician + $1,995 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.