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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Utah 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?

$3,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$224$178 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,000 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $186 to $6,918Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $30 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $224

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
$186.21
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
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
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$3,535

$224 physician + $3,311 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.