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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Open surgical drainage of a liver abscess or cyst

CPT 47010the billing code this page is about

Open abdominal surgery in which the liver is incised to drain an abscess or cyst, done in one or two stages.

Hospitals typically charge $2,112 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 287 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,432. Most fall between $1,294 and $4,627 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
287
States
47
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 287 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
$808$1,455$2,112$4,010$7,100

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($808 vs $7,100).

How the prices are spread

$635 – $819: 18 hospitals$635$819 – $1,055: 8 hospitals$1,055 – $1,360: 27 hospitals$1,055$1,360 – $1,754: 41 hospitals$1,754 – $2,261: 43 hospitals$1,754$2,261 – $2,914: 27 hospitals$2,914 – $3,756: 32 hospitals$2,914$3,756 – $4,842: 22 hospitals$4,842 – $6,242: 20 hospitals$4,842$6,242 – $8,046: 21 hospitals$6,242median $2,112price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (259 of 287 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$635$81918
$819$1,0558
$1,055$1,36027
$1,360$1,75441
$1,754$2,26143
$2,261$2,91427
$2,914$3,75632
$3,756$4,84222
$4,842$6,24220
$6,242$8,04621

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,112.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,460 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,460Wisconsin: median $7,560 across 13 hospitalsWI$7,560Michigan: median $1,714 across 14 hospitalsMI$1,714New York: median $1,961 across 14 hospitalsNY$1,961Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,970 across 19 hospitalsIA$2,970Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,531 across 14 hospitalsOH$4,531Pennsylvania: median $784 across 20 hospitalsPA$784New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,652 across 15 hospitalsCA$5,652Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,074 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,074Missouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,992 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,992Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,112. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI13$7,560+258%$7,560 – $10,705
California CA15$5,652+168%$1,691 – $7,100
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+142%$4,119 – $6,311
Ohio OH14$4,531+115%$1,384 – $5,044
Iowa IA19$2,970+41%$1,754 – $2,970
Nebraska NE10$2,074−2%$1,207 – $2,713
Oklahoma OK10$1,992−6%$1,992 – $1,992
New York NY14$1,961−7%$566 – $3,625
Michigan MI14$1,714−19%$1,704 – $1,850
Illinois IL16$1,460−31%$1,455 – $2,537
Pennsylvania PA20$784−63%$648 – $1,308
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,112.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care220$2,071$1,223 – $4,627
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access59$2,312$1,302 – $5,652
Ownership
For-profit20$1,848$1,455 – $5,500
Government40$2,310$1,346 – $3,491
Non-profit226$2,074$1,239 – $4,881
System affiliation
Part of a system221$1,992$1,223 – $4,881
Independent66$2,508$1,456 – $4,119

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,557
Median cash price$2,112
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

204 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,927 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,061; most fall between $1,212 and $3,600.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 204 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
$839$1,300$1,927$2,970$4,433

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($839 vs $4,433).

Of the 240 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 204 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

287 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 357 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted287
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
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 — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code357

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hepatotomy Open Drainage Abscess/Cyst 1/2 Stages.

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, “Open surgical drainage of a liver abscess or cyst (CPT 47010) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47010-open-surgical-drainage-of-a-liver-abscess-or-cyst