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Procedure price report · Incision and drainage, skin and subcutaneous tissue

Drainage of an infected surgical wound, complex

CPT 10180the billing code this page is about

A healing surgical wound that has become infected is opened, cleaned out and drained, which may include removing infected tissue and placing a drain.

Hospitals typically charge $2,602 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,214 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,520. Most fall between $522 and $5,009 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,214
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,214 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$342$671$2,602$4,461$6,868

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($342 vs $6,868).

How the prices are spread

$243 – $348: 117 hospitals$243$348 – $499: 199 hospitals$499 – $716: 148 hospitals$499$716 – $1,026: 113 hospitals$1,026 – $1,471: 132 hospitals$1,026$1,471 – $2,108: 182 hospitals$2,108 – $3,022: 260 hospitals$2,108$3,022 – $4,332: 378 hospitals$4,332 – $6,209: 306 hospitals$4,332$6,209 – $8,901: 160 hospitals$6,209median $2,602price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,995 of 2,214 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$243$348117
$348$499199
$499$716148
$716$1,026113
$1,026$1,471132
$1,471$2,108182
$2,108$3,022260
$3,022$4,332378
$4,332$6,209306
$6,209$8,901160

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,602
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.88×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,602.

Alaska: median $1,181 across 13 hospitalsAK$1,181Maine: median $548 across 19 hospitalsME$548Vermont: median $353 across 11 hospitalsVT$353New Hampshire: median $335 across 16 hospitalsNH$335Washington: median $2,240 across 64 hospitalsWA$2,240Idaho: median $2,918 across 20 hospitalsID$2,918Montana: median $435 across 21 hospitalsMT$435North Dakota: median $1,836 across 14 hospitalsND$1,836Minnesota: median $694 across 72 hospitalsMN$694Illinois: median $1,638 across 92 hospitalsIL$1,638Wisconsin: median $789 across 64 hospitalsWI$789Michigan: median $2,018 across 72 hospitalsMI$2,018New York: median $3,387 across 87 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: median $3,028 across 43 hospitalsMA$3,028Oregon: median $509 across 49 hospitalsOR$509Nevada: median $1,286 across 13 hospitalsNV$1,286Wyoming: median $692 across 11 hospitalsWY$692South Dakota: median $1,717 across 16 hospitalsSD$1,717Iowa: median $732 across 65 hospitalsIA$732Indiana: median $1,707 across 64 hospitalsIN$1,707Ohio: median $4,319 across 111 hospitalsOH$4,319Pennsylvania: median $3,432 across 95 hospitalsPA$3,432New Jersey: median $4,048 across 51 hospitalsNJ$4,048Connecticut: median $965 across 20 hospitalsCT$965Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,529 across 138 hospitalsCA$4,529Utah: median $4,184 across 26 hospitalsUT$4,184Colorado: median $1,970 across 42 hospitalsCO$1,970Nebraska: median $762 across 41 hospitalsNE$762Missouri: median $2,857 across 63 hospitalsMO$2,857Kentucky: median $1,072 across 31 hospitalsKY$1,072West Virginia: median $2,429 across 29 hospitalsWV$2,429Virginia: median $3,191 across 43 hospitalsVA$3,191Maryland: median $616 across 10 hospitalsMD$616Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,750 across 15 hospitalsAZ$1,750New Mexico: median $2,695 across 13 hospitalsNM$2,695Kansas: median $398 across 56 hospitalsKS$398Arkansas: median $1,919 across 19 hospitalsAR$1,919Tennessee: median $823 across 41 hospitalsTN$823North Carolina: median $2,284 across 54 hospitalsNC$2,284South Carolina: median $2,621 across 40 hospitalsSC$2,621Oklahoma: median $1,812 across 40 hospitalsOK$1,812Louisiana: median $1,443 across 34 hospitalsLA$1,443Mississippi: median $1,059 across 30 hospitalsMS$1,059Alabama: median $3,305 across 30 hospitalsAL$3,305Georgia: median $5,810 across 67 hospitalsGA$5,810Hawaii: median $4,721 across 13 hospitalsHI$4,721Texas: median $3,436 across 153 hospitalsTX$3,436Florida: median $5,960 across 71 hospitalsFL$5,960
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,602. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL71$5,960+129%$2,668 – $8,293
Georgia GA67$5,810+123%$1,487 – $8,483
Hawaii HI13$4,721+81%$2,628 – $6,834
California CA138$4,529+74%$1,953 – $8,574
Ohio OH111$4,319+66%$2,080 – $6,282
Utah UT26$4,184+61%$4,184 – $5,231
New Jersey NJ51$4,048+56%$3,171 – $6,311
Texas TX153$3,436+32%$2,147 – $4,677
Pennsylvania PA95$3,432+32%$1,721 – $4,839
New York NY87$3,387+30%$448 – $5,847
Alabama AL30$3,305+27%$1,680 – $4,182
Virginia VA43$3,191+23%$1,166 – $5,118
Massachusetts MA43$3,028+16%$1,008 – $4,724
Idaho ID20$2,918+12%$474 – $7,765
Missouri MO63$2,857+10%$421 – $3,748
New Mexico NM13$2,695+4%$691 – $3,334
South Carolina SC40$2,621+1%$1,471 – $5,103
West Virginia WV29$2,429−7%$442 – $4,976
North Carolina NC54$2,284−12%$1,417 – $3,916
Washington WA64$2,240−14%$511 – $4,372
Michigan MI72$2,018−22%$269 – $3,342
Colorado CO42$1,970−24%$600 – $4,172
Arkansas AR19$1,919−26%$590 – $4,200
North Dakota ND14$1,836−29%$568 – $4,177
Oklahoma OK40$1,812−30%$432 – $3,412
Arizona AZ15$1,750−33%$286 – $6,440
South Dakota SD16$1,717−34%$580 – $3,748
Indiana IN64$1,707−34%$427 – $3,923
Illinois IL92$1,638−37%$484 – $4,992
Louisiana LA34$1,443−45%$639 – $3,351
Nevada NV13$1,286−51%$844 – $3,220
Alaska AK13$1,181−55%$733 – $4,900
Kentucky KY31$1,072−59%$300 – $3,292
Mississippi MS30$1,059−59%$387 – $1,767
Connecticut CT20$965−63%$398 – $3,599
Tennessee TN41$823−68%$743 – $1,723
Wisconsin WI64$789−70%$434 – $4,181
Nebraska NE41$762−71%$448 – $3,473
Iowa IA65$732−72%$415 – $3,098
Minnesota MN72$694−73%$432 – $3,021
Wyoming WY11$692−73%$485 – $1,764
Maryland MD10$616−76%$362 – $1,058
Maine ME19$548−79%$270 – $2,866
Oregon OR49$509−80%$384 – $2,667
Montana MT21$435−83%$335 – $718
Kansas KS56$398−85%$315 – $3,279
Vermont VT11$353−86%$296 – $3,410
New Hampshire NH16$335−87%$260 – $2,275
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,602.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,624$3,010$905 – $5,518
Children’s32$2,460$716 – $9,014
Critical access551$648$358 – $3,331
Ownership
For-profit218$3,717$1,290 – $7,564
Government425$1,417$419 – $4,276
Non-profit1,564$2,671$554 – $4,990
System affiliation
Part of a system1,765$2,857$637 – $5,231
Independent449$1,299$372 – $3,977

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,352
Median cash price$2,602
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,600 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,759 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,785; most fall between $661 and $5,325.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,600 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$362$927$2,759$4,688$7,156

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($362 vs $7,156).

Of the 1,737 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,600 gave a usable cash price; 57 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 80 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,214 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (56%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,411 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,214
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here103
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded93
Hospitals that filed this code2,411

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Incision and drainage, skin and subcutaneous tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Incision & Drainage Complex Po Wound Infection.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Drainage of an infected surgical wound, complex (CPT 10180) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-10180-drainage-of-an-infected-surgical-wound-complex