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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 July 2026.

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

$3,429

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,429 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$224 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$324 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,888Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $162 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $339

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$724.44
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 23rd of 51

$3,429

$339 physician + $3,090 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.