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Procedure price report · Exploratory laparotomy

Reopening a recent abdominal surgical incision

CPT 49002the billing code this page is about

Surgery to reopen an abdominal incision made in a recent operation, for example to address bleeding or infection.

Hospitals typically charge $2,188 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 540 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,328. Most fall between $1,148 and $4,158 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
540
States
49
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 540 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
$759$1,425$2,188$3,639$5,359

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($759 vs $5,359).

How the prices are spread

$374 – $498: 11 hospitals$374$498 – $662: 10 hospitals$662 – $880: 10 hospitals$662$880 – $1,171: 53 hospitals$1,171 – $1,557: 58 hospitals$1,171$1,557 – $2,071: 83 hospitals$2,071 – $2,754: 94 hospitals$2,071$2,754 – $3,663: 62 hospitals$3,663 – $4,871: 57 hospitals$3,663$4,871 – $6,478: 51 hospitals$4,871median $2,188price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (489 of 540 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$374$49811
$498$66210
$662$88010
$880$1,17153
$1,171$1,55758
$1,557$2,07183
$2,071$2,75494
$2,754$3,66362
$3,663$4,87157
$4,871$6,47851

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,188.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,009 across 18 hospitalsWA$2,009Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,806 across 30 hospitalsMN$2,806Illinois: median $2,017 across 24 hospitalsIL$2,017Wisconsin: median $5,359 across 35 hospitalsWI$5,359Michigan: median $1,513 across 34 hospitalsMI$1,513New York: median $1,491 across 26 hospitalsNY$1,491Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,559 across 25 hospitalsOR$2,559Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,568 across 30 hospitalsIA$2,568Indiana: median $1,134 across 14 hospitalsIN$1,134Ohio: median $4,149 across 22 hospitalsOH$4,149Pennsylvania: median $1,888 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,888New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,934 across 14 hospitalsCA$1,934Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,186 across 10 hospitalsCO$2,186Nebraska: median $2,265 across 12 hospitalsNE$2,265Missouri: median $1,519 across 14 hospitalsMO$1,519Kentucky: median $1,170 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,170West Virginia: median $1,148 across 13 hospitalsWV$1,148Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,205 across 14 hospitalsKS$1,205Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,188 across 10 hospitalsOK$2,188Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,639 across 13 hospitalsGA$3,639Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 9 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 $2,188. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI35$5,359+145%$3,409 – $6,478
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+134%$3,986 – $6,311
Ohio OH22$4,149+90%$2,129 – $4,149
Georgia GA13$3,639+66%$2,374 – $3,639
Minnesota MN30$2,806+28%$1,427 – $4,704
Iowa IA30$2,568+17%$1,509 – $2,568
Oregon OR25$2,559+17%$1,910 – $3,017
Nebraska NE12$2,265+4%$1,781 – $3,181
Oklahoma OK10$2,1880%$2,188 – $2,188
Colorado CO10$2,1860%$1,740 – $2,234
Illinois IL24$2,017−8%$1,134 – $4,322
Washington WA18$2,009−8%$1,498 – $3,792
California CA14$1,934−12%$937 – $2,976
Pennsylvania PA19$1,888−14%$362 – $3,113
Missouri MO14$1,519−31%$1,237 – $3,600
Michigan MI34$1,513−31%$1,467 – $2,007
New York NY26$1,491−32%$710 – $2,573
Kansas KS14$1,205−45%$500 – $1,717
Kentucky KY10$1,170−47%$1,066 – $2,523
West Virginia WV13$1,148−48%$1,121 – $2,817
Indiana IN14$1,134−48%$908 – $2,360
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not 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 $2,188.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care340$2,193$1,134 – $4,158
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access188$2,054$1,205 – $4,161
Ownership
For-profit28$2,188$1,134 – $4,675
Government120$2,133$1,170 – $3,278
Non-profit390$2,201$1,248 – $4,584
System affiliation
Part of a system381$2,234$1,170 – $4,584
Independent159$2,073$1,114 – $3,584

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,099
Median cash price$2,188
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

324 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,185 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,199; most fall between $1,134 and $3,678.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 324 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
$599$1,273$2,185$3,245$5,359

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($599 vs $5,359).

Of the 374 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 324 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

540 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 627 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted540
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
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 — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code627

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 Exploratory laparotomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Reopening Recent Laparotomy.

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, “Reopening a recent abdominal surgical incision (CPT 49002) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49002-reopening-a-recent-abdominal-surgical-incision