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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery cost?

$5,347

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,347 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$182 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$479 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $219 to $13,490Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $158 to $355
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 16.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$5,347

$219 physician + $5,129 facility

IN $8,914MD $526

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.