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

Drainage of a complicated finger abscess

CPT 26011the billing code this page is about

Surgical opening and draining of a deep or complicated infection in a finger, such as an abscess at the fingertip pulp.

Hospitals typically charge $1,467 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,003 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,563. Most fall between $650 and $2,950 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,003
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 2,003 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
$395$768$1,467$2,540$4,420

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($395 vs $4,420).

How the prices are spread

$263 – $360: 72 hospitals$263$360 – $492: 112 hospitals$492 – $673: 130 hospitals$492$673 – $922: 206 hospitals$922 – $1,261: 246 hospitals$922$1,261 – $1,726: 265 hospitals$1,726 – $2,362: 306 hospitals$1,726$2,362 – $3,233: 222 hospitals$3,233 – $4,425: 145 hospitals$3,233$4,425 – $6,055: 99 hospitals$4,425median $1,467price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,803 of 2,003 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$263$36072
$360$492112
$492$673130
$673$922206
$922$1,261246
$1,261$1,726265
$1,726$2,362306
$2,362$3,233222
$3,233$4,425145
$4,425$6,05599

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,467
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

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 $1,467.

Alaska: median $1,518 across 12 hospitalsAK$1,518Maine: median $914 across 21 hospitalsME$914Vermont: median $609 across 11 hospitalsVT$609New Hampshire: median $448 across 13 hospitalsNH$448Washington: median $1,788 across 57 hospitalsWA$1,788Idaho: median $2,100 across 15 hospitalsID$2,100Montana: median $469 across 14 hospitalsMT$469North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,243 across 47 hospitalsMN$1,243Illinois: median $1,467 across 86 hospitalsIL$1,467Wisconsin: median $1,052 across 62 hospitalsWI$1,052Michigan: median $1,382 across 63 hospitalsMI$1,382New York: median $2,018 across 85 hospitalsNY$2,018Massachusetts: median $1,757 across 41 hospitalsMA$1,757Oregon: median $1,056 across 45 hospitalsOR$1,056Nevada: median $1,215 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,215Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,288 across 13 hospitalsSD$1,288Iowa: median $1,104 across 42 hospitalsIA$1,104Indiana: median $904 across 42 hospitalsIN$904Ohio: median $1,601 across 88 hospitalsOH$1,601Pennsylvania: median $1,951 across 100 hospitalsPA$1,951New Jersey: median $2,163 across 47 hospitalsNJ$2,163Connecticut: median $1,052 across 20 hospitalsCT$1,052Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,344 across 126 hospitalsCA$2,344Utah: median $870 across 25 hospitalsUT$870Colorado: median $1,210 across 39 hospitalsCO$1,210Nebraska: median $978 across 34 hospitalsNE$978Missouri: median $1,104 across 44 hospitalsMO$1,104Kentucky: median $962 across 33 hospitalsKY$962West Virginia: median $1,668 across 26 hospitalsWV$1,668Virginia: median $1,231 across 50 hospitalsVA$1,231Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,889 across 19 hospitalsAZ$3,889New Mexico: median $1,003 across 20 hospitalsNM$1,003Kansas: median $727 across 36 hospitalsKS$727Arkansas: median $600 across 16 hospitalsAR$600Tennessee: median $710 across 32 hospitalsTN$710North Carolina: median $1,527 across 40 hospitalsNC$1,527South Carolina: median $977 across 41 hospitalsSC$977Oklahoma: median $1,421 across 53 hospitalsOK$1,421Louisiana: median $1,062 across 42 hospitalsLA$1,062Mississippi: median $763 across 33 hospitalsMS$763Alabama: median $1,101 across 21 hospitalsAL$1,101Georgia: median $2,428 across 71 hospitalsGA$2,428Hawaii: median $3,197 across 13 hospitalsHI$3,197Texas: median $1,788 across 143 hospitalsTX$1,788Florida: median $3,237 across 80 hospitalsFL$3,237
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,467. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ19$3,889+165%$1,897 – $6,296
Florida FL80$3,237+121%$1,466 – $5,520
Hawaii HI13$3,197+118%$2,776 – $4,712
Georgia GA71$2,428+66%$890 – $5,814
California CA126$2,344+60%$1,412 – $6,395
New Jersey NJ47$2,163+47%$1,908 – $5,741
Idaho ID15$2,100+43%$953 – $4,347
New York NY85$2,018+38%$464 – $4,117
Pennsylvania PA100$1,951+33%$969 – $2,916
Texas TX143$1,788+22%$1,052 – $2,629
Washington WA57$1,788+22%$691 – $3,061
Massachusetts MA41$1,757+20%$839 – $2,667
West Virginia WV26$1,668+14%$202 – $2,498
Ohio OH88$1,601+9%$953 – $3,687
North Carolina NC40$1,527+4%$518 – $2,265
Alaska AK12$1,518+3%$967 – $2,568
Illinois IL86$1,4670%$848 – $2,833
Oklahoma OK53$1,421−3%$566 – $2,600
Michigan MI63$1,382−6%$223 – $2,271
South Dakota SD13$1,288−12%$722 – $1,861
Minnesota MN47$1,243−15%$557 – $1,777
Virginia VA50$1,231−16%$710 – $2,292
Nevada NV11$1,215−17%$785 – $1,796
Colorado CO39$1,210−18%$541 – $3,181
Iowa IA42$1,104−25%$592 – $1,735
Missouri MO44$1,104−25%$588 – $1,646
Alabama AL21$1,101−25%$684 – $2,310
Louisiana LA42$1,062−28%$763 – $1,869
Oregon OR45$1,056−28%$637 – $1,638
Connecticut CT20$1,052−28%$494 – $2,669
Wisconsin WI62$1,052−28%$768 – $2,142
New Mexico NM20$1,003−32%$405 – $1,629
Nebraska NE34$978−33%$538 – $1,541
South Carolina SC41$977−33%$625 – $1,929
Kentucky KY33$962−34%$370 – $2,130
Maine ME21$914−38%$403 – $1,639
Indiana IN42$904−38%$505 – $2,494
Utah UT25$870−41%$362 – $2,961
Mississippi MS33$763−48%$483 – $1,026
Kansas KS36$727−50%$383 – $1,555
Tennessee TN32$710−52%$466 – $1,256
Vermont VT11$609−58%$363 – $2,625
Arkansas AR16$600−59%$395 – $1,237
Montana MT14$469−68%$181 – $1,176
New Hampshire NH13$448−69%$141 – $1,640
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $1,467.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,492$1,690$763 – $3,299
Children’s31$2,045$1,002 – $4,751
Critical access473$900$437 – $1,869
Ownership
For-profit212$1,810$742 – $4,163
Government348$1,208$525 – $2,267
Non-profit1,436$1,487$687 – $2,961
System affiliation
Part of a system1,626$1,620$710 – $3,152
Independent377$1,142$412 – $2,135

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,571
Median cash price$1,467
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

1,481 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,620 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,737; most fall between $768 and $3,184.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,481 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
$449$926$1,620$2,786$4,591

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($449 vs $4,591).

Of the 1,586 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,481 gave a usable cash price; 45 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,003 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (51%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,149 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,003
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here73
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded67
Hospitals that filed this code2,149

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 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 Drainage Finger Abscess Complicated.

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 complicated finger abscess (CPT 26011) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26011-drainage-of-a-complicated-finger-abscess