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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

South Dakota 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?

$1,638

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,638 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$407$309 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$380 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,820Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $219 to $676
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $407

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
$257.04
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
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
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 40th of 51

$1,638

$407 physician + $1,230 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.