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

Drainage of deep abscess behind the neck or upper spine

CPT 22010the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to cut into and drain a deep infection or pus pocket behind the cervical, thoracic, or cervicothoracic spine.

Hospitals typically charge $2,610 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 298 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,017. Most fall between $1,499 and $5,564 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
298
States
45
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 298 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
$941$1,564$2,610$4,936$8,904

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($941 vs $8,904).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $862: 15 hospitals$656$862 – $1,133: 12 hospitals$1,133 – $1,489: 18 hospitals$1,133$1,489 – $1,958: 48 hospitals$1,958 – $2,574: 41 hospitals$1,958$2,574 – $3,383: 29 hospitals$3,383 – $4,447: 27 hospitals$3,383$4,447 – $5,846: 37 hospitals$5,846 – $7,685: 24 hospitals$5,846$7,685 – $10,102: 19 hospitals$7,685median $2,610price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (270 of 298 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$86215
$862$1,13312
$1,133$1,48918
$1,489$1,95848
$1,958$2,57441
$2,574$3,38329
$3,383$4,44727
$4,447$5,84637
$5,846$7,68524
$7,685$10,10219

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,610
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.35×

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 $2,610.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $5,564 across 10 hospitalsID$5,564Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,101 across 17 hospitalsMN$4,101Illinois: median $1,572 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,572Wisconsin: median $4,936 across 27 hospitalsWI$4,936Michigan: median $1,537 across 26 hospitalsMI$1,537New York: median $7,413 across 17 hospitalsNY$7,413Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,299 across 11 hospitalsOR$2,299Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,312 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,312Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $3,315 across 12 hospitalsOH$3,315Pennsylvania: median $745 across 18 hospitalsPA$745New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,597 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,597Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,610. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY17$7,413+184%$1,539 – $8,613
Idaho ID10$5,564+113%$2,552 – $14,738
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+96%$4,333 – $6,311
Wisconsin WI27$4,936+89%$4,653 – $7,199
Minnesota MN17$4,101+57%$2,122 – $4,404
Ohio OH12$3,315+27%$1,600 – $3,931
Iowa IA17$2,312−11%$2,312 – $2,552
Oregon OR11$2,299−12%$1,814 – $3,158
Oklahoma OK12$1,597−39%$1,597 – $1,597
Illinois IL11$1,572−40%$746 – $2,312
Michigan MI26$1,537−41%$1,537 – $4,936
Pennsylvania PA18$745−71%$607 – $5,773
California CA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,610.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care220$2,552$1,531 – $5,937
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access67$3,158$1,412 – $4,936
Ownership
For-profit31$3,100$1,091 – $8,979
Government38$2,258$1,150 – $4,425
Non-profit228$2,815$1,537 – $5,318
System affiliation
Part of a system237$2,800$1,537 – $5,773
Independent61$2,374$1,481 – $5,050

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,979
Median cash price$2,610
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

167 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,179 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,638; most fall between $1,294 and $4,936.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 167 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
$948$1,414$2,179$4,131$5,773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($948 vs $5,773).

Of the 188 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 167 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

298 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 345 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted298
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code345

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 September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 I&D Deep Abscess Pst Spine Crv Thrc/Cervicothr.

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 deep abscess behind the neck or upper spine (CPT 22010) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-22010-drainage-of-deep-abscess-behind-the-neck-or-upper-spine