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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 October 2026.

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

$1,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$229$178 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$851 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $631 to $9,120Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $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
$190.55
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
8 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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$1,675

$229 physician + $1,445 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.