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Drainage Of A Complex Infection After Surgery

Virginia 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?

$2,590

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,590 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$245$191 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$457 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $234 to $9,333Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $170 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
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
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th of 51

$2,590

$245 physician + $2,344 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.