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Procedure price report · Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures

Drainage of a deep anal abscess with fistula repair

CPT 46060the billing code this page is about

Opening and draining a deep abscess beside or inside the rectum, together with removal of a fistula tract or placement of a drainage stitch (seton).

Hospitals typically charge $2,218 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 621 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,357. Most fall between $842 and $4,935 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
621
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 621 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
$652$984$2,218$4,259$7,244

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($652 vs $7,244).

How the prices are spread

$546 – $730: 56 hospitals$546$730 – $976: 68 hospitals$976 – $1,305: 87 hospitals$976$1,305 – $1,746: 45 hospitals$1,746 – $2,334: 31 hospitals$1,746$2,334 – $3,121: 65 hospitals$3,121 – $4,174: 77 hospitals$3,121$4,174 – $5,581: 63 hospitals$5,581 – $7,463: 38 hospitals$5,581$7,463 – $9,979: 35 hospitals$7,463median $2,218price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (565 of 621 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$546$73056
$730$97668
$976$1,30587
$1,305$1,74645
$1,746$2,33431
$2,334$3,12165
$3,121$4,17477
$4,174$5,58163
$5,581$7,46338
$7,463$9,97935

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$2,218
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.78×

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 $2,218.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,711 across 17 hospitalsWA$1,711Idaho: median $2,700 across 12 hospitalsID$2,700Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,077 across 21 hospitalsMN$3,077Illinois: median $1,166 across 29 hospitalsIL$1,166Wisconsin: median $2,465 across 31 hospitalsWI$2,465Michigan: median $1,009 across 36 hospitalsMI$1,009New York: median $3,245 across 47 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,179 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,179Nevada: 4 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 $1,190 across 27 hospitalsIA$1,190Indiana: median $740 across 13 hospitalsIN$740Ohio: median $1,656 across 17 hospitalsOH$1,656Pennsylvania: median $4,259 across 13 hospitalsPA$4,259New Jersey: median $3,659 across 31 hospitalsNJ$3,659Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,979 across 39 hospitalsCA$9,979Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $993 across 10 hospitalsCO$993Nebraska: median $978 across 12 hospitalsNE$978Missouri: median $720 across 15 hospitalsMO$720Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,169 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,169Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $783 across 11 hospitalsKS$783Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $785 across 15 hospitalsOK$785Louisiana: median $1,814 across 14 hospitalsLA$1,814Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,203 across 40 hospitalsTX$3,203Florida: median $3,973 across 15 hospitalsFL$3,973
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,218. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$9,979+350%$1,208 – $9,979
Pennsylvania PA13$4,259+92%$2,404 – $5,906
Florida FL15$3,973+79%$832 – $7,571
New Jersey NJ31$3,659+65%$3,038 – $5,419
New York NY47$3,245+46%$1,193 – $4,595
Texas TX40$3,203+44%$2,774 – $5,159
Minnesota MN21$3,077+39%$1,051 – $4,041
Idaho ID12$2,700+22%$1,358 – $7,189
Wisconsin WI31$2,465+11%$2,465 – $4,245
Louisiana LA14$1,814−18%$777 – $6,115
Washington WA17$1,711−23%$896 – $5,174
Ohio OH17$1,656−25%$1,103 – $7,872
Iowa IA27$1,190−46%$1,126 – $1,361
Oregon OR18$1,179−47%$904 – $1,362
West Virginia WV17$1,169−47%$510 – $2,385
Illinois IL29$1,166−47%$610 – $3,802
Michigan MI36$1,009−54%$1,009 – $3,817
Colorado CO10$993−55%$685 – $1,176
Nebraska NE12$978−56%$887 – $1,683
Oklahoma OK15$785−65%$785 – $5,386
Kansas KS11$783−65%$686 – $2,203
Indiana IN13$740−67%$605 – $1,122
Missouri MO15$720−68%$652 – $6,040
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,218.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care437$3,010$916 – $5,591
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access173$1,200$750 – $3,144
Ownership
For-profit56$3,032$815 – $5,810
Government127$1,268$762 – $3,245
Non-profit436$2,465$904 – $5,159
System affiliation
Part of a system464$2,567$934 – $5,159
Independent157$1,228$756 – $3,344

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,019
Median cash price$2,218
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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 $1,504 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,125; most fall between $776 and $5,159.

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
$605$823$1,504$3,889$8,200

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($605 vs $8,200).

Of the 401 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 340 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

621 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 703 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted621
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here59
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded19
Hospitals that filed this code703

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 Ischiorct/Intramural Absc W/WO Seton.

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 anal abscess with fistula repair (CPT 46060) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-46060-drainage-of-a-deep-anal-abscess-with-fistula-repair