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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Open drainage of an abscess behind the abdominal lining

CPT 49060the billing code this page is about

An open surgical procedure to cut into the area behind the abdominal cavity lining and drain a pocket of infected fluid.

Hospitals typically charge $2,056 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 401 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,323. Most fall between $1,183 and $4,490 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
401
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 401 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
$775$1,536$2,056$3,570$5,665

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($775 vs $5,665).

How the prices are spread

$479 – $624: 4 hospitals$479$624 – $814: 17 hospitals$814 – $1,061: 22 hospitals$814$1,061 – $1,384: 29 hospitals$1,384 – $1,804: 70 hospitals$1,384$1,804 – $2,352: 63 hospitals$2,352 – $3,066: 51 hospitals$2,352$3,066 – $3,998: 39 hospitals$3,998 – $5,212: 29 hospitals$3,998$5,212 – $6,795: 37 hospitals$5,212median $2,056price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (361 of 401 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$479$6244
$624$81417
$814$1,06122
$1,061$1,38429
$1,384$1,80470
$1,804$2,35263
$2,352$3,06651
$3,066$3,99839
$3,998$5,21229
$5,212$6,79537

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,056.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,111 across 13 hospitalsWA$2,111Idaho: 6 hospitals 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,569 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,569Wisconsin: median $5,665 across 28 hospitalsWI$5,665Michigan: median $1,714 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,714New York: median $2,003 across 23 hospitalsNY$2,003Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,272 across 14 hospitalsOR$2,272Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,709 across 22 hospitalsIA$2,709Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,429 across 14 hospitalsOH$4,429Pennsylvania: median $1,842 across 21 hospitalsPA$1,842New Jersey: median $5,110 across 15 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,711 across 12 hospitalsCA$2,711Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,627 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,627Missouri: median $1,698 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,698Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,229 across 11 hospitalsWV$1,229Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,802 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,802Louisiana: median $1,338 across 13 hospitalsLA$1,338Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,289 across 10 hospitalsTX$2,289Florida: median $4,818 across 10 hospitalsFL$4,818
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,056. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI28$5,665+176%$4,719 – $5,665
New Jersey NJ15$5,110+149%$3,986 – $5,855
Florida FL10$4,818+134%$1,599 – $5,544
Ohio OH14$4,429+115%$1,045 – $4,837
California CA12$2,711+32%$1,544 – $5,512
Iowa IA22$2,709+32%$1,841 – $2,709
Texas TX10$2,289+11%$1,143 – $3,697
Oregon OR14$2,272+11%$2,024 – $2,997
Washington WA13$2,111+3%$1,873 – $3,879
New York NY23$2,003−3%$945 – $3,354
Pennsylvania PA21$1,842−10%$209 – $3,443
Oklahoma OK10$1,802−12%$1,802 – $1,802
Michigan MI29$1,714−17%$1,536 – $2,430
Missouri MO11$1,698−17%$1,614 – $1,757
Nebraska NE11$1,627−21%$704 – $2,137
Illinois IL17$1,569−24%$1,012 – $2,709
Louisiana LA13$1,338−35%$867 – $5,443
West Virginia WV11$1,229−40%$1,203 – $1,924
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $2,056.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care286$2,003$1,124 – $4,490
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access101$2,171$1,203 – $3,991
Ownership
For-profit32$2,684$1,012 – $5,512
Government78$2,057$1,143 – $3,501
Non-profit290$2,024$1,203 – $4,719
System affiliation
Part of a system299$2,024$1,168 – $4,719
Independent102$2,111$1,305 – $3,570

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,386
Median cash price$2,056
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

259 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,024 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,179; most fall between $1,124 and $3,689.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 259 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
$733$1,386$2,024$3,197$5,665

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($733 vs $5,665).

Of the 302 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 259 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

401 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 494 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted401
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
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 — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code494

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 PR Drain Retroperitoneal Abscess,Open.

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 drainage of an abscess behind the abdominal lining (CPT 49060) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49060-open-drainage-of-an-abscess-behind-the-abdominal-lining