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

Drainage of a pilonidal cyst, complicated

CPT 10081the billing code this page is about

Opening and draining a pilonidal cyst near the tailbone when the procedure is more involved, such as a deeper or repeatedly infected cyst.

Hospitals typically charge $1,001 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,164 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,128. Most fall between $464 and $2,192 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,164
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 2,164 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
$311$535$1,001$1,900$3,137

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($311 vs $3,137).

How the prices are spread

$214 – $292: 86 hospitals$214$292 – $398: 140 hospitals$398 – $542: 230 hospitals$398$542 – $739: 212 hospitals$739 – $1,008: 308 hospitals$739$1,008 – $1,373: 250 hospitals$1,373 – $1,872: 281 hospitals$1,373$1,872 – $2,552: 220 hospitals$2,552 – $3,478: 155 hospitals$2,552$3,478 – $4,741: 67 hospitals$3,478median $1,001price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,949 of 2,164 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$214$29286
$292$398140
$398$542230
$542$739212
$739$1,008308
$1,008$1,373250
$1,373$1,872281
$1,872$2,552220
$2,552$3,478155
$3,478$4,74167

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$1,001
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.38×

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 $1,001.

Alaska: median $1,209 across 11 hospitalsAK$1,209Maine: median $539 across 18 hospitalsME$539Vermont: median $619 across 12 hospitalsVT$619New Hampshire: median $281 across 16 hospitalsNH$281Washington: median $1,018 across 56 hospitalsWA$1,018Idaho: median $1,548 across 15 hospitalsID$1,548Montana: median $477 across 18 hospitalsMT$477North Dakota: median $723 across 13 hospitalsND$723Minnesota: median $836 across 62 hospitalsMN$836Illinois: median $1,006 across 91 hospitalsIL$1,006Wisconsin: median $893 across 73 hospitalsWI$893Michigan: median $823 across 68 hospitalsMI$823New York: median $879 across 89 hospitalsNY$879Massachusetts: median $1,491 across 43 hospitalsMA$1,491Oregon: median $732 across 46 hospitalsOR$732Nevada: median $770 across 10 hospitalsNV$770Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,306 across 16 hospitalsSD$1,306Iowa: median $732 across 56 hospitalsIA$732Indiana: median $577 across 42 hospitalsIN$577Ohio: median $1,242 across 95 hospitalsOH$1,242Pennsylvania: median $1,323 across 101 hospitalsPA$1,323New Jersey: median $2,583 across 47 hospitalsNJ$2,583Connecticut: median $920 across 18 hospitalsCT$920Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,789 across 129 hospitalsCA$1,789Utah: median $442 across 27 hospitalsUT$442Colorado: median $1,212 across 40 hospitalsCO$1,212Nebraska: median $815 across 38 hospitalsNE$815Missouri: median $848 across 50 hospitalsMO$848Kentucky: median $775 across 39 hospitalsKY$775West Virginia: median $872 across 32 hospitalsWV$872Virginia: median $902 across 51 hospitalsVA$902Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,016 across 16 hospitalsAZ$1,016New Mexico: median $888 across 24 hospitalsNM$888Kansas: median $540 across 44 hospitalsKS$540Arkansas: median $487 across 18 hospitalsAR$487Tennessee: median $541 across 39 hospitalsTN$541North Carolina: median $1,575 across 50 hospitalsNC$1,575South Carolina: median $1,557 across 43 hospitalsSC$1,557Oklahoma: median $801 across 55 hospitalsOK$801Louisiana: median $447 across 38 hospitalsLA$447Mississippi: median $322 across 39 hospitalsMS$322Alabama: median $1,070 across 30 hospitalsAL$1,070Georgia: median $2,214 across 74 hospitalsGA$2,214Hawaii: median $2,335 across 13 hospitalsHI$2,335Texas: median $1,347 across 150 hospitalsTX$1,347Florida: median $2,596 across 84 hospitalsFL$2,596
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,001. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL84$2,596+159%$894 – $3,097
New Jersey NJ47$2,583+158%$821 – $5,120
Hawaii HI13$2,335+133%$433 – $2,804
Georgia GA74$2,214+121%$904 – $4,792
California CA129$1,789+79%$906 – $3,326
North Carolina NC50$1,575+57%$779 – $1,864
South Carolina SC43$1,557+55%$707 – $2,205
Idaho ID15$1,548+55%$442 – $1,783
Massachusetts MA43$1,491+49%$596 – $2,300
Texas TX150$1,347+34%$701 – $2,363
Pennsylvania PA101$1,323+32%$585 – $2,063
South Dakota SD16$1,306+30%$634 – $1,609
Ohio OH95$1,242+24%$492 – $1,671
Colorado CO40$1,212+21%$471 – $1,705
Alaska AK11$1,209+21%$967 – $2,105
Alabama AL30$1,070+7%$405 – $1,492
Washington WA56$1,018+2%$463 – $1,900
Arizona AZ16$1,016+1%$869 – $4,222
Illinois IL91$1,0060%$539 – $1,985
Connecticut CT18$920−8%$535 – $1,751
Virginia VA51$902−10%$541 – $2,116
Wisconsin WI73$893−11%$477 – $1,547
New Mexico NM24$888−11%$292 – $1,074
New York NY89$879−12%$435 – $1,637
West Virginia WV32$872−13%$456 – $1,486
Missouri MO50$848−15%$418 – $1,818
Minnesota MN62$836−17%$576 – $1,837
Michigan MI68$823−18%$237 – $1,549
Nebraska NE38$815−19%$537 – $1,225
Oklahoma OK55$801−20%$372 – $1,434
Kentucky KY39$775−23%$403 – $2,130
Nevada NV10$770−23%$507 – $1,299
Iowa IA56$732−27%$403 – $1,419
Oregon OR46$732−27%$527 – $1,376
North Dakota ND13$723−28%$518 – $1,769
Vermont VT12$619−38%$319 – $1,885
Indiana IN42$577−42%$406 – $1,155
Tennessee TN39$541−46%$278 – $1,267
Kansas KS44$540−46%$331 – $1,394
Maine ME18$539−46%$248 – $1,048
Arkansas AR18$487−51%$470 – $765
Montana MT18$477−52%$367 – $681
Louisiana LA38$447−55%$267 – $1,068
Utah UT27$442−56%$363 – $482
Mississippi MS39$322−68%$220 – $610
New Hampshire NH16$281−72%$158 – $1,047
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $1,001.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,580$1,210$541 – $2,375
Children’s37$1,105$572 – $3,344
Critical access543$656$351 – $1,401
Ownership
For-profit226$1,210$630 – $2,715
Government414$785$403 – $1,702
Non-profit1,520$1,064$479 – $2,205
System affiliation
Part of a system1,745$1,099$499 – $2,309
Independent419$704$360 – $1,545

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,850
Median cash price$1,001
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,580 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,211 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,272; most fall between $525 and $2,338.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,580 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
$355$650$1,211$2,102$3,310

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($355 vs $3,310).

Of the 1,690 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,580 gave a usable cash price; 42 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 68 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,164 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (55%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,326 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,164
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here75
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded80
Hospitals that filed this code2,326

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 PR Drain Pilonidal Cyst Complic.

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 a pilonidal cyst, complicated (CPT 10081) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-10081-drainage-of-a-pilonidal-cyst-complicated