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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Open surgery to open and drain a liver cyst or abscess

CPT 47300the billing code this page is about

The wall of a liver cyst or abscess is opened and stitched to stay open so it drains continuously rather than being fully removed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,371 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 189 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,514. Most fall between $1,169 and $4,627 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
189
States
44
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 189 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
$747$1,607$2,371$3,692$7,013

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($747 vs $7,013).

How the prices are spread

$270 – $401: 3 hospitals$270$401 – $594: 0 hospitals$594 – $881: 11 hospitals$594$881 – $1,305: 18 hospitals$1,305 – $1,934: 32 hospitals$1,305$1,934 – $2,867: 48 hospitals$2,867 – $4,250: 28 hospitals$2,867$4,250 – $6,299: 18 hospitals$6,299 – $9,336: 13 hospitals$6,299$9,336 – $13,839: 1 hospitals$9,336median $2,371price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (172 of 189 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$270$4013
$401$5940
$594$88111
$881$1,30518
$1,305$1,93432
$1,934$2,86748
$2,867$4,25028
$4,250$6,29918
$6,299$9,33613
$9,336$13,8391

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,371.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,431 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,431Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,607 across 11 hospitalsMI$1,607New York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 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 $2,771 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,771Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $255 across 15 hospitalsPA$255New Jersey: median $4,350 across 19 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,868 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,868Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,371. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ19$4,350+83%$2,154 – $5,741
Iowa IA16$2,771+17%$2,771 – $2,771
Oklahoma OK10$1,868−21%$1,868 – $1,868
Michigan MI11$1,607−32%$1,607 – $1,930
Illinois IL12$1,431−40%$893 – $3,204
Pennsylvania PA15$255−89%$191 – $747
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not 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
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,371.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care156$2,154$1,157 – $4,517
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access27$2,727$1,930 – $5,171
Ownership
For-profit14fewer than 20 hospitals
Government36$2,483$1,843 – $3,520
Non-profit138$2,370$1,169 – $4,716
System affiliation
Part of a system143$2,370$1,144 – $4,716
Independent46$2,419$1,180 – $3,385

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,191
Median cash price$2,371
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

116 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,081 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,124; most fall between $1,140 and $2,997.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 116 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
$671$1,168$2,081$2,771$3,668

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($671 vs $3,668).

Of the 131 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 116 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

189 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 219 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted189
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here19
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 — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code219

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 23, 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 gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Marsupialization Cst/Absc Lvr.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open surgery to open and drain a liver cyst or abscess (CPT 47300) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47300-open-surgery-to-open-and-drain-a-liver-cyst-or-abscess