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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Oklahoma 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?

$1,885

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,885 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$263$214 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$676 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,370Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $263

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
$263.03
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
7 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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 31st of 51

$1,885

$263 physician + $1,622 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.