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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Drainage of a surface abscess near the anus

CPT 46050the billing code this page is about

Cutting open and draining a shallow pus-filled infection in the skin around the anus.

Hospitals typically charge $1,002 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,458 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,049. Most fall between $343 and $2,121 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,458
States
50
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 2,458 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
$211$415$1,002$1,804$3,336

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($211 vs $3,336).

How the prices are spread

$154 – $217: 144 hospitals$154$217 – $307: 166 hospitals$307 – $434: 198 hospitals$307$434 – $613: 206 hospitals$613 – $866: 252 hospitals$613$866 – $1,224: 379 hospitals$1,224 – $1,730: 337 hospitals$1,224$1,730 – $2,445: 252 hospitals$2,445 – $3,455: 171 hospitals$2,445$3,455 – $4,882: 109 hospitals$3,455median $1,002price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,214 of 2,458 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$154$217144
$217$307166
$307$434198
$434$613206
$613$866252
$866$1,224379
$1,224$1,730337
$1,730$2,445252
$2,445$3,455171
$3,455$4,882109

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$950
Median cash price$1,002
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

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 $1,002.

Alaska: median $904 across 15 hospitalsAK$904Maine: median $380 across 21 hospitalsME$380Vermont: median $299 across 12 hospitalsVT$299New Hampshire: median $296 across 18 hospitalsNH$296Washington: median $1,260 across 68 hospitalsWA$1,260Idaho: median $1,462 across 20 hospitalsID$1,462Montana: median $391 across 22 hospitalsMT$391North Dakota: median $1,112 across 18 hospitalsND$1,112Minnesota: median $810 across 80 hospitalsMN$810Illinois: median $1,020 across 110 hospitalsIL$1,020Wisconsin: median $668 across 80 hospitalsWI$668Michigan: median $986 across 75 hospitalsMI$986New York: median $1,382 across 106 hospitalsNY$1,382Massachusetts: median $1,116 across 46 hospitalsMA$1,116Oregon: median $428 across 50 hospitalsOR$428Nevada: median $897 across 18 hospitalsNV$897Wyoming: median $550 across 11 hospitalsWY$550South Dakota: median $1,452 across 20 hospitalsSD$1,452Iowa: median $639 across 72 hospitalsIA$639Indiana: median $946 across 63 hospitalsIN$946Ohio: median $1,317 across 102 hospitalsOH$1,317Pennsylvania: median $1,158 across 115 hospitalsPA$1,158New Jersey: median $1,215 across 54 hospitalsNJ$1,215Connecticut: median $794 across 19 hospitalsCT$794Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,080 across 134 hospitalsCA$2,080Utah: median $1,583 across 28 hospitalsUT$1,583Colorado: median $1,249 across 42 hospitalsCO$1,249Nebraska: median $559 across 54 hospitalsNE$559Missouri: median $889 across 58 hospitalsMO$889Kentucky: median $1,157 across 37 hospitalsKY$1,157West Virginia: median $1,094 across 36 hospitalsWV$1,094Virginia: median $738 across 54 hospitalsVA$738Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $480 across 26 hospitalsAZ$480New Mexico: median $1,280 across 28 hospitalsNM$1,280Kansas: median $513 across 52 hospitalsKS$513Arkansas: median $570 across 29 hospitalsAR$570Tennessee: median $378 across 45 hospitalsTN$378North Carolina: median $638 across 54 hospitalsNC$638South Carolina: median $1,319 across 44 hospitalsSC$1,319Oklahoma: median $847 across 54 hospitalsOK$847Louisiana: median $494 across 38 hospitalsLA$494Mississippi: median $344 across 45 hospitalsMS$344Alabama: median $1,182 across 28 hospitalsAL$1,182Georgia: median $1,220 across 76 hospitalsGA$1,220Hawaii: median $1,749 across 15 hospitalsHI$1,749Texas: median $1,020 across 158 hospitalsTX$1,020Florida: median $2,696 across 90 hospitalsFL$2,696
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,002. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL90$2,696+169%$784 – $4,200
California CA134$2,080+108%$879 – $3,539
Hawaii HI15$1,749+75%$308 – $2,387
Utah UT28$1,583+58%$507 – $1,666
Idaho ID20$1,462+46%$208 – $2,509
South Dakota SD20$1,452+45%$374 – $2,452
New York NY106$1,382+38%$266 – $3,608
South Carolina SC44$1,319+32%$542 – $3,966
Ohio OH102$1,317+31%$427 – $2,542
New Mexico NM28$1,280+28%$179 – $2,096
Washington WA68$1,260+26%$383 – $2,122
Colorado CO42$1,249+25%$316 – $1,619
Georgia GA76$1,220+22%$663 – $5,098
New Jersey NJ54$1,215+21%$1,009 – $4,881
Alabama AL28$1,182+18%$613 – $3,100
Pennsylvania PA115$1,158+16%$443 – $2,530
Kentucky KY37$1,157+15%$251 – $3,053
Massachusetts MA46$1,116+11%$522 – $1,744
North Dakota ND18$1,112+11%$254 – $2,070
West Virginia WV36$1,094+9%$679 – $1,535
Texas TX158$1,020+2%$561 – $1,842
Illinois IL110$1,020+2%$386 – $1,969
Michigan MI75$986−2%$172 – $1,279
Indiana IN63$946−6%$255 – $1,510
Alaska AK15$904−10%$392 – $1,546
Nevada NV18$897−10%$277 – $2,170
Missouri MO58$889−11%$353 – $2,121
Oklahoma OK54$847−15%$276 – $1,521
Minnesota MN80$810−19%$283 – $1,470
Connecticut CT19$794−21%$359 – $1,975
Virginia VA54$738−26%$394 – $1,531
Wisconsin WI80$668−33%$352 – $1,100
Iowa IA72$639−36%$232 – $1,531
North Carolina NC54$638−36%$387 – $1,336
Arkansas AR29$570−43%$351 – $2,046
Nebraska NE54$559−44%$332 – $1,146
Wyoming WY11$550−45%$305 – $836
Kansas KS52$513−49%$243 – $1,046
Louisiana LA38$494−51%$298 – $1,255
Arizona AZ26$480−52%$319 – $4,846
Oregon OR50$428−57%$289 – $1,454
Montana MT22$391−61%$180 – $1,000
Maine ME21$380−62%$164 – $881
Tennessee TN45$378−62%$212 – $1,316
Mississippi MS45$344−66%$207 – $710
Vermont VT12$299−70%$160 – $2,008
New Hampshire NH18$296−70%$78 – $889
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $1,002.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,731$1,146$452 – $2,453
Children’s39$1,546$576 – $3,610
Critical access682$522$229 – $1,405
Ownership
For-profit252$1,435$649 – $3,158
Government469$663$278 – $1,510
Non-profit1,731$1,020$347 – $2,113
System affiliation
Part of a system1,977$1,052$384 – $2,198
Independent481$654$230 – $1,636

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,677
Median cash price$1,002
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

1,806 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,020 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,085; most fall between $362 and $2,080.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,806 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
$212$480$1,020$1,842$2,895

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($212 vs $2,895).

Of the 1,937 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,806 gave a usable cash price; 49 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 82 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,458 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (62%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,643 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,458
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here82
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded96
Hospitals that filed this code2,643

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 July 20, 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 PR I&D Perianal Abscess,Superficial.

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 surface abscess near the anus (CPT 46050) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-46050-drainage-of-a-surface-abscess-near-the-anus