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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea

Cutting and draining an eyelid abscess

CPT 67700the billing code this page is about

An incision in the eyelid to drain a pocket of pus or infected fluid.

Hospitals typically charge $444 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,828 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $485. Most fall between $259 and $830 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,828
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 1,828 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
$189$289$444$756$1,337

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($189 vs $1,337).

How the prices are spread

$138 – $178: 66 hospitals$138$178 – $230: 119 hospitals$230 – $297: 192 hospitals$230$297 – $383: 287 hospitals$383 – $494: 238 hospitals$383$494 – $638: 227 hospitals$638 – $823: 230 hospitals$638$823 – $1,063: 108 hospitals$1,063 – $1,372: 105 hospitals$1,063$1,372 – $1,770: 77 hospitals$1,372median $444price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,649 of 1,828 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$138$17866
$178$230119
$230$297192
$297$383287
$383$494238
$494$638227
$638$823230
$823$1,063108
$1,063$1,372105
$1,372$1,77077

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$324
Median cash price$444
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.37×

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 $444.

Alaska: median $562 across 12 hospitalsAK$562Maine: median $360 across 17 hospitalsME$360Vermont: median $379 across 10 hospitalsVT$379New Hampshire: median $246 across 12 hospitalsNH$246Washington: median $533 across 46 hospitalsWA$533Idaho: median $410 across 16 hospitalsID$410Montana: median $289 across 14 hospitalsMT$289North Dakota: median $360 across 13 hospitalsND$360Minnesota: median $315 across 59 hospitalsMN$315Illinois: median $524 across 72 hospitalsIL$524Wisconsin: median $433 across 60 hospitalsWI$433Michigan: median $314 across 58 hospitalsMI$314New York: median $530 across 83 hospitalsNY$530Massachusetts: median $637 across 38 hospitalsMA$637Oregon: median $501 across 43 hospitalsOR$501Nevada: median $345 across 12 hospitalsNV$345Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $591 across 19 hospitalsSD$591Iowa: median $384 across 50 hospitalsIA$384Indiana: median $255 across 38 hospitalsIN$255Ohio: median $552 across 83 hospitalsOH$552Pennsylvania: median $407 across 81 hospitalsPA$407New Jersey: median $1,046 across 39 hospitalsNJ$1,046Connecticut: median $620 across 14 hospitalsCT$620Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $800 across 117 hospitalsCA$800Utah: median $382 across 29 hospitalsUT$382Colorado: median $419 across 32 hospitalsCO$419Nebraska: median $401 across 36 hospitalsNE$401Missouri: median $337 across 40 hospitalsMO$337Kentucky: median $289 across 25 hospitalsKY$289West Virginia: median $305 across 24 hospitalsWV$305Virginia: median $470 across 49 hospitalsVA$470Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,230 across 14 hospitalsAZ$2,230New Mexico: median $237 across 17 hospitalsNM$237Kansas: median $325 across 35 hospitalsKS$325Arkansas: median $411 across 11 hospitalsAR$411Tennessee: median $206 across 30 hospitalsTN$206North Carolina: median $452 across 37 hospitalsNC$452South Carolina: median $521 across 40 hospitalsSC$521Oklahoma: median $307 across 42 hospitalsOK$307Louisiana: median $276 across 34 hospitalsLA$276Mississippi: median $192 across 32 hospitalsMS$192Alabama: median $283 across 17 hospitalsAL$283Georgia: median $821 across 47 hospitalsGA$821Hawaii: median $773 across 11 hospitalsHI$773Texas: median $644 across 131 hospitalsTX$644Florida: median $758 across 67 hospitalsFL$758
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $444. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ14$2,230+402%$453 – $2,230
New Jersey NJ39$1,046+135%$331 – $4,881
Georgia GA47$821+85%$279 – $1,583
California CA117$800+80%$396 – $1,702
Hawaii HI11$773+74%$714 – $1,128
Florida FL67$758+71%$566 – $1,337
Texas TX131$644+45%$317 – $1,152
Massachusetts MA38$637+44%$419 – $1,286
Connecticut CT14$620+40%$201 – $824
South Dakota SD19$591+33%$206 – $782
Alaska AK12$562+27%$427 – $1,484
Ohio OH83$552+24%$316 – $894
Washington WA46$533+20%$321 – $901
New York NY83$530+19%$293 – $990
Illinois IL72$524+18%$288 – $970
South Carolina SC40$521+17%$289 – $529
Oregon OR43$501+13%$314 – $667
Virginia VA49$470+6%$221 – $657
North Carolina NC37$452+2%$261 – $607
Wisconsin WI60$433−3%$305 – $740
Colorado CO32$419−6%$324 – $740
Arkansas AR11$411−7%$235 – $501
Idaho ID16$410−8%$304 – $828
Pennsylvania PA81$407−8%$312 – $2,037
Nebraska NE36$401−10%$304 – $597
Iowa IA50$384−14%$233 – $589
Utah UT29$382−14%$362 – $437
Vermont VT10$379−15%$286 – $450
Maine ME17$360−19%$236 – $579
North Dakota ND13$360−19%$216 – $720
Nevada NV12$345−22%$261 – $851
Missouri MO40$337−24%$278 – $496
Kansas KS35$325−27%$225 – $514
Minnesota MN59$315−29%$237 – $435
Michigan MI58$314−29%$259 – $755
Oklahoma OK42$307−31%$196 – $609
West Virginia WV24$305−31%$117 – $453
Kentucky KY25$289−35%$254 – $402
Montana MT14$289−35%$167 – $656
Alabama AL17$283−36%$148 – $598
Louisiana LA34$276−38%$165 – $475
Indiana IN38$255−43%$161 – $580
New Hampshire NH12$246−45%$88 – $389
New Mexico NM17$237−47%$221 – $591
Tennessee TN30$206−54%$129 – $397
Mississippi MS32$192−57%$148 – $467
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $444.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,333$475$279 – $950
Children’s29$778$437 – $1,256
Critical access462$382$225 – $644
Ownership
For-profit162$593$307 – $1,337
Government347$394$222 – $713
Non-profit1,315$439$261 – $828
System affiliation
Part of a system1,470$461$268 – $875
Independent358$392$225 – $740

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$778
Median cash price$444
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

1,348 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $496 and the average of the middle 60% is $523; most fall between $275 and $919.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,348 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
$206$308$496$816$1,373

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($206 vs $1,373).

Of the 1,446 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,348 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 66 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,828 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,973 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,828
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here60
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded82
Hospitals that filed this code1,973

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 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 therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Blepharotomy Drainage Abscess Eyelid.

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, “Cutting and draining an eyelid abscess (CPT 67700) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-67700-cutting-and-draining-an-eyelid-abscess