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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Drainage of a deep abscess above the pelvic floor muscle

CPT 45020the billing code this page is about

Surgical opening and drainage of a deep pocket of infection sitting above the muscle that forms the pelvic floor, near the rectum.

Hospitals typically charge $2,061 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 527 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,160. Most fall between $925 and $4,096 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
527
States
48
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 527 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
$639$1,033$2,061$3,659$6,311

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($639 vs $6,311).

How the prices are spread

$519 – $697: 37 hospitals$519$697 – $937: 54 hospitals$937 – $1,259: 61 hospitals$937$1,259 – $1,693: 68 hospitals$1,693 – $2,275: 48 hospitals$1,693$2,275 – $3,058: 69 hospitals$3,058 – $4,110: 64 hospitals$3,058$4,110 – $5,524: 36 hospitals$5,524 – $7,425: 30 hospitals$5,524$7,425 – $9,979: 27 hospitals$7,425median $2,061price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (494 of 527 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$519$69737
$697$93754
$937$1,25961
$1,259$1,69368
$1,693$2,27548
$2,275$3,05869
$3,058$4,11064
$4,110$5,52436
$5,524$7,42530
$7,425$9,97927

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$2,061
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.73×

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 $2,061.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 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 $1,609 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,609Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,243 across 19 hospitalsIL$1,243Wisconsin: median $3,006 across 29 hospitalsWI$3,006Michigan: median $725 across 27 hospitalsMI$725New York: median $3,245 across 38 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,309 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,309Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,410 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,410Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,226 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,226Pennsylvania: median $2,446 across 35 hospitalsPA$2,446New Jersey: median $3,659 across 29 hospitalsNJ$3,659Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,056 across 54 hospitalsCA$4,056Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $4,096 across 11 hospitalsCO$4,096Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $3,007 across 13 hospitalsVA$3,007Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $2,061 across 13 hospitalsNC$2,061South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $925 across 13 hospitalsOK$925Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,810 across 11 hospitalsGA$5,810Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,556 across 30 hospitalsTX$1,556Florida: median $1,101 across 17 hospitalsFL$1,101
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,061. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$5,810+182%$2,046 – $5,810
Colorado CO11$4,096+99%$1,210 – $5,056
California CA54$4,056+97%$1,960 – $9,979
New Jersey NJ29$3,659+78%$3,038 – $5,419
New York NY38$3,245+57%$1,012 – $3,465
Virginia VA13$3,007+46%$390 – $5,178
Wisconsin WI29$3,006+46%$2,556 – $3,006
Pennsylvania PA35$2,446+19%$318 – $5,376
Ohio OH13$2,226+8%$1,161 – $2,871
North Carolina NC13$2,0610%$873 – $2,061
Washington WA16$1,609−22%$1,103 – $4,202
Texas TX30$1,556−24%$1,556 – $4,169
Iowa IA20$1,410−32%$983 – $1,410
Oregon OR16$1,309−37%$1,060 – $1,596
Illinois IL19$1,243−40%$519 – $2,419
Florida FL17$1,101−47%$1,101 – $2,753
Oklahoma OK13$925−55%$925 – $5,591
Michigan MI27$725−65%$725 – $3,006
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $2,061.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care410$2,224$930 – $4,202
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access107$1,429$857 – $3,006
Ownership
For-profit41$2,065$942 – $4,674
Government87$1,609$984 – $2,639
Non-profit398$2,226$925 – $4,259
System affiliation
Part of a system426$2,226$925 – $4,169
Independent101$1,429$887 – $3,344

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,594
Median cash price$2,061
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 $1,828 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,244; most fall between $938 and $4,936.

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
$539$1,060$1,828$4,096$7,189

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($539 vs $7,189).

Of the 371 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 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

527 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 582 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted527
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code582

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 lower GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as I&D Dp Supralevator Pelvirct/Retrorct Absc.

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 deep abscess above the pelvic floor muscle (CPT 45020) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45020-drainage-of-a-deep-abscess-above-the-pelvic-floor-muscle