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

Drainage of tongue abscess from inside the mouth

CPT 41000the billing code this page is about

Incision through the inside of the mouth to drain an abscess, cyst, or blood collection within the tongue.

Hospitals typically charge $848 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 891 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $934. Most fall between $340 and $1,774 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
891
States
48
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 891 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
$199$400$848$1,572$2,717

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($199 vs $2,717).

How the prices are spread

$154 – $211: 49 hospitals$154$211 – $289: 50 hospitals$289 – $397: 77 hospitals$289$397 – $544: 72 hospitals$544 – $747: 104 hospitals$544$747 – $1,024: 115 hospitals$1,024 – $1,405: 85 hospitals$1,024$1,405 – $1,928: 139 hospitals$1,928 – $2,645: 62 hospitals$1,928$2,645 – $3,628: 56 hospitals$2,645median $848price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (809 of 891 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$154$21149
$211$28950
$289$39777
$397$54472
$544$747104
$747$1,024115
$1,024$1,40585
$1,405$1,928139
$1,928$2,64562
$2,645$3,62856

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$551
Median cash price$848
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.54×

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 $848.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $625 across 29 hospitalsWA$625Idaho: median $1,423 across 10 hospitalsID$1,423Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $424 across 22 hospitalsMN$424Illinois: median $483 across 30 hospitalsIL$483Wisconsin: median $764 across 23 hospitalsWI$764Michigan: median $742 across 29 hospitalsMI$742New York: median $674 across 50 hospitalsNY$674Massachusetts: median $1,301 across 18 hospitalsMA$1,301Oregon: median $418 across 28 hospitalsOR$418Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $393 across 22 hospitalsIA$393Indiana: median $765 across 21 hospitalsIN$765Ohio: median $567 across 21 hospitalsOH$567Pennsylvania: median $861 across 40 hospitalsPA$861New Jersey: median $2,700 across 29 hospitalsNJ$2,700Connecticut: 9 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 $1,456 across 81 hospitalsCA$1,456Utah: median $369 across 20 hospitalsUT$369Colorado: median $1,331 across 20 hospitalsCO$1,331Nebraska: median $339 across 16 hospitalsNE$339Missouri: median $716 across 16 hospitalsMO$716Kentucky: median $530 across 10 hospitalsKY$530West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,007 across 21 hospitalsVA$2,007Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $3,628 across 10 hospitalsAZ$3,628New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $222 across 12 hospitalsKS$222Arkansas: 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: median $926 across 25 hospitalsNC$926South Carolina: median $2,578 across 24 hospitalsSC$2,578Oklahoma: median $561 across 21 hospitalsOK$561Louisiana: median $568 across 18 hospitalsLA$568Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,169 across 15 hospitalsGA$1,169Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,536 across 77 hospitalsTX$1,536Florida: median $1,023 across 23 hospitalsFL$1,023
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $848. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ10$3,628+328%$662 – $3,628
New Jersey NJ29$2,700+219%$564 – $5,339
South Carolina SC24$2,578+204%$1,404 – $4,876
Virginia VA21$2,007+137%$1,849 – $2,219
Texas TX77$1,536+81%$929 – $1,682
California CA81$1,456+72%$578 – $2,873
Idaho ID10$1,423+68%$678 – $2,187
Colorado CO20$1,331+57%$415 – $1,762
Massachusetts MA18$1,301+53%$757 – $1,950
Georgia GA15$1,169+38%$183 – $1,862
Florida FL23$1,023+21%$969 – $1,904
North Carolina NC25$926+9%$306 – $1,182
Pennsylvania PA40$861+2%$78 – $1,664
Indiana IN21$765−10%$568 – $1,094
Wisconsin WI23$764−10%$764 – $999
Michigan MI29$742−13%$396 – $764
Missouri MO16$716−15%$278 – $1,516
New York NY50$674−20%$496 – $1,638
Washington WA29$625−26%$408 – $1,127
Louisiana LA18$568−33%$313 – $1,647
Ohio OH21$567−33%$317 – $1,065
Oklahoma OK21$561−34%$172 – $873
Kentucky KY10$530−38%$142 – $1,196
Illinois IL30$483−43%$142 – $2,599
Minnesota MN22$424−50%$253 – $426
Oregon OR28$418−51%$270 – $1,541
Iowa IA22$393−54%$339 – $504
Utah UT20$369−57%$328 – $410
Nebraska NE16$339−60%$276 – $648
Kansas KS12$222−74%$187 – $3,355
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $848.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care726$952$391 – $1,957
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access148$562$237 – $1,069
Ownership
For-profit75$895$362 – $1,807
Government123$639$308 – $1,216
Non-profit691$866$351 – $1,904
System affiliation
Part of a system760$917$369 – $1,807
Independent131$600$222 – $1,646

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,553
Median cash price$848
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

638 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,055 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,093; most fall between $382 and $1,982.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 638 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
$236$429$1,055$1,682$2,873

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($236 vs $2,873).

Of the 689 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 638 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

891 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 961 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted891
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code961

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 Intraoral I&D Tongue/Floor Lingual.

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 tongue abscess from inside the mouth (CPT 41000) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41000-drainage-of-tongue-abscess-from-inside-the-mouth