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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Complicated drainage of abscess or cyst in the mouth

CPT 40801the billing code this page is about

Cutting open and draining a complicated abscess, cyst, or blood collection in the soft tissue lining the inside of the lips and cheeks.

Hospitals typically charge $861 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 841 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,000. Most fall between $474 and $1,747 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
841
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 841 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
$329$540$861$1,585$3,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($329 vs $3,382).

How the prices are spread

$280 – $365: 62 hospitals$280$365 – $474: 65 hospitals$474 – $617: 110 hospitals$474$617 – $802: 109 hospitals$802 – $1,044: 78 hospitals$802$1,044 – $1,358: 79 hospitals$1,358 – $1,766: 131 hospitals$1,358$1,766 – $2,298: 40 hospitals$2,298 – $2,989: 27 hospitals$2,298$2,989 – $3,888: 57 hospitals$2,989median $861price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (758 of 841 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$280$36562
$365$47465
$474$617110
$617$802109
$802$1,04478
$1,044$1,35879
$1,358$1,766131
$1,766$2,29840
$2,298$2,98927
$2,989$3,88857

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$551
Median cash price$861
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.56×

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 $861.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,056 across 21 hospitalsWA$1,056Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $563 across 18 hospitalsMN$563Illinois: median $526 across 21 hospitalsIL$526Wisconsin: median $1,349 across 25 hospitalsWI$1,349Michigan: median $521 across 36 hospitalsMI$521New York: median $785 across 52 hospitalsNY$785Massachusetts: median $2,203 across 15 hospitalsMA$2,203Oregon: median $770 across 19 hospitalsOR$770Nevada: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $744 across 23 hospitalsIA$744Indiana: median $591 across 23 hospitalsIN$591Ohio: median $843 across 18 hospitalsOH$843Pennsylvania: median $637 across 38 hospitalsPA$637New Jersey: median $2,397 across 33 hospitalsNJ$2,397Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,498 across 79 hospitalsCA$1,498Utah: median $369 across 19 hospitalsUT$369Colorado: median $1,171 across 13 hospitalsCO$1,171Nebraska: median $716 across 12 hospitalsNE$716Missouri: median $734 across 21 hospitalsMO$734Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $606 across 15 hospitalsWV$606Virginia: median $1,174 across 18 hospitalsVA$1,174Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $5,527 across 11 hospitalsAZ$5,527New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $869 across 22 hospitalsSC$869Oklahoma: median $326 across 17 hospitalsOK$326Louisiana: median $624 across 18 hospitalsLA$624Mississippi: median $393 across 11 hospitalsMS$393Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,585 across 38 hospitalsGA$1,585Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,563 across 74 hospitalsTX$1,563Florida: median $1,276 across 20 hospitalsFL$1,276
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $861. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ11$5,527+542%$753 – $5,527
New Jersey NJ33$2,397+178%$564 – $5,110
Massachusetts MA15$2,203+156%$719 – $4,368
Georgia GA38$1,585+84%$850 – $3,772
Texas TX74$1,563+82%$1,219 – $2,406
California CA79$1,498+74%$598 – $3,382
Wisconsin WI25$1,349+57%$1,104 – $1,577
Florida FL20$1,276+48%$703 – $2,141
Virginia VA18$1,174+36%$689 – $1,935
Colorado CO13$1,171+36%$854 – $1,635
Washington WA21$1,056+23%$797 – $1,910
South Carolina SC22$869+1%$828 – $4,698
Ohio OH18$843−2%$684 – $1,523
New York NY52$785−9%$603 – $1,628
Oregon OR19$770−11%$540 – $1,329
Iowa IA23$744−14%$537 – $1,274
Missouri MO21$734−15%$426 – $1,030
Nebraska NE12$716−17%$294 – $779
Pennsylvania PA38$637−26%$129 – $960
Louisiana LA18$624−28%$313 – $895
West Virginia WV15$606−30%$209 – $841
Indiana IN23$591−31%$403 – $849
Minnesota MN18$563−35%$503 – $757
Illinois IL21$526−39%$380 – $1,274
Michigan MI36$521−40%$329 – $742
Mississippi MS11$393−54%$296 – $1,361
Utah UT19$369−57%$362 – $545
Oklahoma OK17$326−62%$326 – $776
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not 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 $861.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care689$914$515 – $1,935
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access137$714$380 – $1,523
Ownership
For-profit79$1,437$466 – $2,870
Government122$734$422 – $1,276
Non-profit640$861$498 – $1,764
System affiliation
Part of a system716$895$503 – $1,802
Independent125$743$420 – $1,329

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,618
Median cash price$861
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

608 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,080 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,139; most fall between $534 and $1,990.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 608 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
$380$582$1,080$1,747$3,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($380 vs $3,382).

Of the 648 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 608 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

841 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 909 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted841
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code909

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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Drg Absc Cst Hmtma Vestibule Mouth Comp.

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, “Complicated drainage of abscess or cyst in the mouth (CPT 40801) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40801-complicated-drainage-of-abscess-or-cyst-in-the-mouth