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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Ohio 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?

$1,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$162 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$759 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,413Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $59 to $407
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $219

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
$426.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
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
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$1,599

$219 physician + $1,380 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.