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Drainage of a pelvic abscess through the rectum

CPT 45000the billing code this page is about

Surgical drainage of a pocket of infection in the pelvis, reached by making an opening through the rectal wall.

Hospitals typically charge $1,496 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 464 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,656. Most fall between $718 and $3,014 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
464
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 464 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
$525$800$1,496$2,636$4,609

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($525 vs $4,609).

How the prices are spread

$392 – $519: 24 hospitals$392$519 – $686: 26 hospitals$686 – $908: 60 hospitals$686$908 – $1,201: 49 hospitals$1,201 – $1,588: 57 hospitals$1,201$1,588 – $2,101: 52 hospitals$2,101 – $2,780: 65 hospitals$2,101$2,780 – $3,677: 49 hospitals$3,677 – $4,864: 20 hospitals$3,677$4,864 – $6,434: 28 hospitals$4,864median $1,496price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (430 of 464 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$392$51924
$519$68626
$686$90860
$908$1,20149
$1,201$1,58857
$1,588$2,10152
$2,101$2,78065
$2,780$3,67749
$3,677$4,86420
$4,864$6,43428

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,223
Median cash price$1,496
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $1,496.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 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 $1,895 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,895Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $738 across 15 hospitalsIL$738Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $674 across 12 hospitalsMI$674New York: median $1,395 across 29 hospitalsNY$1,395Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,685 across 24 hospitalsOR$2,685Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,057 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,057Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $1,638 across 11 hospitalsOH$1,638Pennsylvania: median $1,726 across 32 hospitalsPA$1,726New Jersey: median $4,350 across 27 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,860 across 65 hospitalsCA$2,860Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $690 across 13 hospitalsOK$690Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,462 across 22 hospitalsGA$2,462Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,636 across 51 hospitalsTX$2,636Florida: median $1,184 across 11 hospitalsFL$1,184
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,496. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ27$4,350+191%$1,306 – $5,741
California CA65$2,860+91%$1,331 – $6,434
Oregon OR24$2,685+79%$790 – $3,226
Texas TX51$2,636+76%$1,614 – $3,071
Georgia GA22$2,462+65%$2,462 – $4,609
Washington WA15$1,895+27%$812 – $2,502
Pennsylvania PA32$1,726+15%$120 – $2,560
Ohio OH11$1,638+9%$1,049 – $1,649
New York NY29$1,395−7%$767 – $1,420
Florida FL11$1,184−21%$597 – $1,638
Iowa IA17$1,057−29%$1,057 – $1,057
Illinois IL15$738−51%$330 – $1,057
Oklahoma OK13$690−54%$690 – $1,979
Michigan MI12$674−55%$674 – $1,645
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not 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 $1,496.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care399$1,614$730 – $3,036
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$1,191$694 – $2,111
Ownership
For-profit44$1,614$603 – $3,071
Government61$1,082$676 – $1,468
Non-profit358$1,614$767 – $3,071
System affiliation
Part of a system395$1,614$718 – $3,071
Independent69$1,189$721 – $1,895

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,650
Median cash price$1,496
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

340 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,614 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,739; most fall between $690 and $3,071.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 340 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
$453$788$1,614$2,860$4,728

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($453 vs $4,728).

Of the 372 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 340 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

464 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 511 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted464
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 — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code511

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Transrectal Drainage of Pelvic Abscess.

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 pelvic abscess through the rectum (CPT 45000) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45000-drainage-of-a-pelvic-abscess-through-the-rectum