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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures, female organs

Draining an abscess of the vulva or the area around it

CPT 56405the billing code this page is about

A small cut is made to open and drain a collection of pus in the vulva or the skin between the genitals and anus.

Hospitals typically charge $404 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,534 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $448. Most fall between $225 and $836 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,534
States
50
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 2,534 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
$156$253$404$727$1,310

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($156 vs $1,310).

How the prices are spread

$108 – $146: 103 hospitals$108$146 – $197: 158 hospitals$197 – $265: 296 hospitals$197$265 – $358: 401 hospitals$358 – $483: 409 hospitals$358$483 – $651: 296 hospitals$651 – $878: 269 hospitals$651$878 – $1,185: 165 hospitals$1,185 – $1,598: 132 hospitals$1,185$1,598 – $2,156: 55 hospitals$1,598median $404price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,284 of 2,534 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$108$146103
$146$197158
$197$265296
$265$358401
$358$483409
$483$651296
$651$878269
$878$1,185165
$1,185$1,598132
$1,598$2,15655

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$311
Median cash price$404
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.30×

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 $404.

Alaska: median $626 across 16 hospitalsAK$626Maine: median $273 across 22 hospitalsME$273Vermont: median $408 across 13 hospitalsVT$408New Hampshire: median $205 across 19 hospitalsNH$205Washington: median $445 across 66 hospitalsWA$445Idaho: median $369 across 18 hospitalsID$369Montana: median $227 across 24 hospitalsMT$227North Dakota: median $432 across 17 hospitalsND$432Minnesota: median $408 across 87 hospitalsMN$408Illinois: median $429 across 114 hospitalsIL$429Wisconsin: median $435 across 82 hospitalsWI$435Michigan: median $325 across 76 hospitalsMI$325New York: median $375 across 99 hospitalsNY$375Massachusetts: median $573 across 45 hospitalsMA$573Oregon: median $306 across 52 hospitalsOR$306Nevada: median $417 across 14 hospitalsNV$417Wyoming: median $351 across 11 hospitalsWY$351South Dakota: median $480 across 25 hospitalsSD$480Iowa: median $306 across 72 hospitalsIA$306Indiana: median $392 across 58 hospitalsIN$392Ohio: median $466 across 117 hospitalsOH$466Pennsylvania: median $472 across 110 hospitalsPA$472New Jersey: median $698 across 53 hospitalsNJ$698Connecticut: median $591 across 21 hospitalsCT$591Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $870 across 138 hospitalsCA$870Utah: median $377 across 27 hospitalsUT$377Colorado: median $462 across 42 hospitalsCO$462Nebraska: median $305 across 50 hospitalsNE$305Missouri: median $351 across 61 hospitalsMO$351Kentucky: median $370 across 42 hospitalsKY$370West Virginia: median $308 across 38 hospitalsWV$308Virginia: median $460 across 55 hospitalsVA$460Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,080 across 25 hospitalsAZ$1,080New Mexico: median $483 across 26 hospitalsNM$483Kansas: median $236 across 57 hospitalsKS$236Arkansas: median $279 across 31 hospitalsAR$279Tennessee: median $304 across 48 hospitalsTN$304North Carolina: median $332 across 62 hospitalsNC$332South Carolina: median $573 across 44 hospitalsSC$573Oklahoma: median $307 across 61 hospitalsOK$307Louisiana: median $258 across 48 hospitalsLA$258Mississippi: median $207 across 51 hospitalsMS$207Alabama: median $323 across 27 hospitalsAL$323Georgia: median $461 across 79 hospitalsGA$461Hawaii: median $727 across 13 hospitalsHI$727Texas: median $451 across 163 hospitalsTX$451Florida: median $991 across 94 hospitalsFL$991
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $404. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ25$1,080+167%$523 – $3,908
Florida FL94$991+145%$305 – $2,126
California CA138$870+115%$390 – $1,226
Hawaii HI13$727+80%$630 – $1,044
New Jersey NJ53$698+73%$337 – $3,986
Alaska AK16$626+55%$306 – $979
Connecticut CT21$591+46%$282 – $957
Massachusetts MA45$573+42%$326 – $1,588
South Carolina SC44$573+42%$249 – $1,410
New Mexico NM26$483+20%$249 – $846
South Dakota SD25$480+19%$322 – $745
Pennsylvania PA110$472+17%$250 – $1,121
Ohio OH117$466+15%$278 – $909
Colorado CO42$462+14%$296 – $619
Georgia GA79$461+14%$259 – $1,505
Virginia VA55$460+14%$323 – $505
Texas TX163$451+12%$234 – $958
Washington WA66$445+10%$278 – $769
Wisconsin WI82$435+8%$209 – $618
North Dakota ND17$432+7%$212 – $682
Illinois IL114$429+6%$257 – $776
Nevada NV14$417+3%$320 – $788
Minnesota MN87$408+1%$265 – $628
Vermont VT13$408+1%$248 – $858
Indiana IN58$392−3%$250 – $840
Utah UT27$377−7%$328 – $556
New York NY99$375−7%$162 – $756
Kentucky KY42$370−9%$248 – $738
Idaho ID18$369−9%$230 – $851
Wyoming WY11$351−13%$232 – $626
Missouri MO61$351−13%$204 – $711
North Carolina NC62$332−18%$209 – $540
Michigan MI76$325−20%$156 – $654
Alabama AL27$323−20%$235 – $1,194
West Virginia WV38$308−24%$232 – $562
Oklahoma OK61$307−24%$214 – $705
Iowa IA72$306−24%$201 – $504
Oregon OR52$306−24%$200 – $463
Nebraska NE50$305−25%$215 – $469
Tennessee TN48$304−25%$165 – $396
Arkansas AR31$279−31%$230 – $654
Maine ME22$273−33%$121 – $412
Louisiana LA48$258−36%$134 – $427
Kansas KS57$236−42%$150 – $449
Montana MT24$227−44%$146 – $337
Mississippi MS51$207−49%$137 – $339
New Hampshire NH19$205−49%$94 – $360
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not 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 $404.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,766$460$248 – $998
Children’s39$627$371 – $1,710
Critical access721$326$194 – $579
Ownership
For-profit262$548$288 – $1,526
Government488$343$201 – $565
Non-profit1,776$427$230 – $851
System affiliation
Part of a system2,027$451$236 – $909
Independent507$315$193 – $578

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$719
Median cash price$404
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

1,860 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $452 and the average of the middle 60% is $474; most fall between $232 and $851.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,860 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
$165$267$452$756$1,237

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($165 vs $1,237).

Of the 1,992 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,860 gave a usable cash price; 49 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 83 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,534 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (64%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,721 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,534
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here84
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded95
Hospitals that filed this code2,721

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 July 20, 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 therapeutic procedures, female organs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR I&D of Vulva/Perineum Abscess.

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, “Draining an abscess of the vulva or the area around it (CPT 56405) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-56405-draining-an-abscess-of-the-vulva-or-the-area-around-it