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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Drainage of an abscess next to the bladder

CPT 51080the billing code this page is about

Surgical drainage of a pocket of infection in the space around or in front of the bladder.

Hospitals typically charge $2,005 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 316 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,206. Most fall between $754 and $4,350 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
316
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 316 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
$586$894$2,005$3,758$5,723

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($586 vs $5,723).

How the prices are spread

$407 – $532: 14 hospitals$407$532 – $696: 28 hospitals$696 – $911: 24 hospitals$696$911 – $1,192: 36 hospitals$1,192 – $1,559: 19 hospitals$1,192$1,559 – $2,039: 32 hospitals$2,039 – $2,668: 15 hospitals$2,039$2,668 – $3,490: 48 hospitals$3,490 – $4,566: 29 hospitals$3,490$4,566 – $5,973: 42 hospitals$4,566median $2,005price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (287 of 316 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$407$53214
$532$69628
$696$91124
$911$1,19236
$1,192$1,55919
$1,559$2,03932
$2,039$2,66815
$2,668$3,49048
$3,490$4,56629
$4,566$5,97342

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,005
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.68×

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 $2,005.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $721 across 13 hospitalsIL$721Wisconsin: median $2,005 across 13 hospitalsWI$2,005Michigan: median $2,005 across 11 hospitalsMI$2,005New York: median $3,387 across 25 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 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 $1,029 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,029Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $646 across 21 hospitalsPA$646New Jersey: median $3,986 across 26 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,723 across 22 hospitalsCA$5,723Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: median $2,033 across 15 hospitalsVA$2,033Maryland: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $678 across 14 hospitalsOK$678Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,902 across 20 hospitalsTX$2,902Florida: median $2,873 across 11 hospitalsFL$2,873
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,005. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA22$5,723+185%$5,723 – $5,723
New Jersey NJ26$3,986+99%$3,168 – $5,741
New York NY25$3,387+69%$1,037 – $3,448
Texas TX20$2,902+45%$1,172 – $2,902
Florida FL11$2,873+43%$1,162 – $5,584
Virginia VA15$2,033+1%$1,102 – $2,033
Michigan MI11$2,0050%$1,102 – $3,994
Wisconsin WI13$2,0050%$2,005 – $2,005
Iowa IA17$1,029−49%$1,029 – $1,245
Illinois IL13$721−64%$315 – $3,396
Oklahoma OK14$678−66%$678 – $5,835
Pennsylvania PA21$646−68%$266 – $4,839
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $2,005.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care278$2,410$754 – $4,444
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access32$1,646$639 – $2,031
Ownership
For-profit22$2,005$407 – $4,504
Government45$1,544$756 – $3,565
Non-profit249$2,033$754 – $4,429
System affiliation
Part of a system266$2,005$754 – $4,350
Independent50$1,477$731 – $4,265

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,085
Median cash price$2,005
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

224 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,797 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,871; most fall between $754 and $4,444.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 224 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
$576$894$1,797$3,269$5,723

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($576 vs $5,723).

Of the 239 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 224 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

316 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 347 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted316
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 — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code347

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 5, 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 therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Drg Privesical/Prevesical Space Absc.

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 an abscess next to the bladder (CPT 51080) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-51080-drainage-of-an-abscess-next-to-the-bladder