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

Draining an abscess under the jaw through the skin

CPT 41017the billing code this page is about

Cutting through the skin rather than the mouth to drain an abscess, cyst, or blood collection in the submandibular space below the jaw.

Hospitals typically charge $2,369 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 629 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,563. Most fall between $835 and $4,855 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
629
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 629 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
$490$1,030$2,369$4,139$7,045

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($490 vs $7,045).

How the prices are spread

$410 – $551: 39 hospitals$410$551 – $739: 34 hospitals$739 – $992: 50 hospitals$739$992 – $1,331: 32 hospitals$1,331 – $1,787: 62 hospitals$1,331$1,787 – $2,398: 71 hospitals$2,398 – $3,218: 57 hospitals$2,398$3,218 – $4,318: 103 hospitals$4,318 – $5,795: 59 hospitals$4,318$5,795 – $7,777: 60 hospitals$5,795median $2,369price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (567 of 629 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$410$55139
$551$73934
$739$99250
$992$1,33132
$1,331$1,78762
$1,787$2,39871
$2,398$3,21857
$3,218$4,318103
$4,318$5,79559
$5,795$7,77760

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$2,369
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

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 $2,369.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,306 across 23 hospitalsWA$3,306Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 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 $1,675 across 17 hospitalsMN$1,675Illinois: median $1,515 across 21 hospitalsIL$1,515Wisconsin: median $2,765 across 30 hospitalsWI$2,765Michigan: median $743 across 36 hospitalsMI$743New York: median $3,838 across 40 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $846 across 24 hospitalsOR$846Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $1,122 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,122Indiana: median $1,609 across 16 hospitalsIN$1,609Ohio: median $3,947 across 24 hospitalsOH$3,947Pennsylvania: median $2,450 across 26 hospitalsPA$2,450New Jersey: median $4,290 across 26 hospitalsNJ$4,290Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,496 across 68 hospitalsCA$3,496Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $2,718 across 14 hospitalsCO$2,718Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,818 across 15 hospitalsVA$1,818Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,645 across 12 hospitalsTN$1,645North Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $559 across 15 hospitalsOK$559Louisiana: median $1,691 across 17 hospitalsLA$1,691Mississippi: median $1,974 across 12 hospitalsMS$1,974Alabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,413 across 52 hospitalsTX$2,413Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,369. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ26$4,290+81%$3,590 – $5,855
Ohio OH24$3,947+67%$1,391 – $3,947
New York NY40$3,838+62%$1,412 – $6,352
California CA68$3,496+48%$1,984 – $7,353
Washington WA23$3,306+40%$1,100 – $6,736
Wisconsin WI30$2,765+17%$2,369 – $4,798
Colorado CO14$2,718+15%$1,641 – $5,218
Pennsylvania PA26$2,450+3%$221 – $4,783
Texas TX52$2,413+2%$1,914 – $3,110
Mississippi MS12$1,974−17%$1,892 – $3,619
Virginia VA15$1,818−23%$1,799 – $4,855
Louisiana LA17$1,691−29%$883 – $2,609
Minnesota MN17$1,675−29%$830 – $1,675
Tennessee TN12$1,645−31%$417 – $1,974
Indiana IN16$1,609−32%$462 – $2,135
Illinois IL21$1,515−36%$608 – $6,271
Iowa IA18$1,122−53%$958 – $2,383
Oregon OR24$846−64%$726 – $7,777
Michigan MI36$743−69%$431 – $3,843
Oklahoma OK15$559−76%$559 – $6,612
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $2,369.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care505$2,413$883 – $5,060
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access109$2,135$563 – $4,257
Ownership
For-profit46$1,914$741 – $4,783
Government72$1,641$742 – $3,838
Non-profit510$2,413$846 – $5,060
System affiliation
Part of a system537$2,413$860 – $4,979
Independent92$1,469$689 – $4,208

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,848
Median cash price$2,369
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

439 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,413 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,763; most fall between $925 and $5,568.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 439 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
$559$1,122$2,413$4,855$7,353

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($559 vs $7,353).

Of the 461 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 439 gave a usable cash price; 16 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

629 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 677 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted629
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
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 code677

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 Xtroral I&D Absc Cst/Hmtma Floor Mouth Submndb.

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, “Draining an abscess under the jaw through the skin (CPT 41017) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41017-draining-an-abscess-under-the-jaw-through-the-skin