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Imaging guidance for draining an abscess through the skin

CPT 75989the billing code this page is about

Imaging supervision and interpretation for placing a drainage catheter through the skin into an abscess or fluid collection, using X-ray, ultrasound, or CT.

Hospitals typically charge $872 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,471 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $921. Most fall between $363 and $1,746 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,471
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 2,471 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
$212$450$872$1,498$2,802

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($212 vs $2,802).

How the prices are spread

$143 – $197: 102 hospitals$143$197 – $272: 108 hospitals$272 – $376: 181 hospitals$272$376 – $520: 208 hospitals$520 – $719: 321 hospitals$520$719 – $993: 343 hospitals$993 – $1,373: 372 hospitals$993$1,373 – $1,897: 286 hospitals$1,897 – $2,622: 149 hospitals$1,897$2,622 – $3,623: 155 hospitals$2,622median $872price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,225 of 2,471 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$143$197102
$197$272108
$272$376181
$376$520208
$520$719321
$719$993343
$993$1,373372
$1,373$1,897286
$1,897$2,622149
$2,622$3,623155

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $872.

Alaska: median $1,570 across 11 hospitalsAK$1,570Maine: median $592 across 20 hospitalsME$592Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $947 across 16 hospitalsNH$947Washington: median $1,070 across 51 hospitalsWA$1,070Idaho: median $1,058 across 17 hospitalsID$1,058Montana: median $816 across 10 hospitalsMT$816North Dakota: median $441 across 12 hospitalsND$441Minnesota: median $855 across 53 hospitalsMN$855Illinois: median $1,161 across 98 hospitalsIL$1,161Wisconsin: median $695 across 89 hospitalsWI$695Michigan: median $363 across 70 hospitalsMI$363New York: median $625 across 79 hospitalsNY$625Massachusetts: median $703 across 40 hospitalsMA$703Oregon: median $507 across 36 hospitalsOR$507Nevada: median $1,358 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,358Wyoming: median $605 across 10 hospitalsWY$605South Dakota: median $1,358 across 11 hospitalsSD$1,358Iowa: median $898 across 41 hospitalsIA$898Indiana: median $617 across 79 hospitalsIN$617Ohio: median $1,288 across 115 hospitalsOH$1,288Pennsylvania: median $851 across 90 hospitalsPA$851New Jersey: median $344 across 43 hospitalsNJ$344Connecticut: median $790 across 19 hospitalsCT$790Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,304 across 198 hospitalsCA$1,304Utah: median $885 across 36 hospitalsUT$885Colorado: median $1,046 across 52 hospitalsCO$1,046Nebraska: median $1,084 across 32 hospitalsNE$1,084Missouri: median $1,004 across 56 hospitalsMO$1,004Kentucky: median $884 across 42 hospitalsKY$884West Virginia: median $606 across 19 hospitalsWV$606Virginia: median $781 across 62 hospitalsVA$781Maryland: median $96 across 28 hospitalsMD$96Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $656 across 43 hospitalsAZ$656New Mexico: median $1,024 across 15 hospitalsNM$1,024Kansas: median $581 across 34 hospitalsKS$581Arkansas: median $307 across 19 hospitalsAR$307Tennessee: median $297 across 71 hospitalsTN$297North Carolina: median $698 across 80 hospitalsNC$698South Carolina: median $922 across 45 hospitalsSC$922Oklahoma: median $562 across 36 hospitalsOK$562Louisiana: median $448 across 42 hospitalsLA$448Mississippi: median $402 across 42 hospitalsMS$402Alabama: median $543 across 34 hospitalsAL$543Georgia: median $1,095 across 79 hospitalsGA$1,095Hawaii: median $699 across 15 hospitalsHI$699Texas: median $1,221 across 195 hospitalsTX$1,221Florida: median $2,073 across 154 hospitalsFL$2,073
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $872. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL154$2,073+138%$593 – $4,581
Alaska AK11$1,570+80%$435 – $3,240
South Dakota SD11$1,358+56%$1,300 – $1,452
Nevada NV11$1,358+56%$659 – $1,782
California CA198$1,304+50%$625 – $2,502
Ohio OH115$1,288+48%$682 – $1,805
Texas TX195$1,221+40%$788 – $2,840
Illinois IL98$1,161+33%$467 – $1,965
Georgia GA79$1,095+26%$496 – $1,837
Nebraska NE32$1,084+24%$594 – $1,930
Washington WA51$1,070+23%$354 – $1,285
Idaho ID17$1,058+21%$512 – $1,714
Colorado CO52$1,046+20%$526 – $2,479
New Mexico NM15$1,024+17%$530 – $1,255
Missouri MO56$1,004+15%$485 – $1,714
New Hampshire NH16$947+9%$520 – $1,658
South Carolina SC45$922+6%$665 – $1,906
Iowa IA41$898+3%$494 – $1,318
Utah UT36$885+2%$885 – $1,129
Kentucky KY42$884+1%$311 – $1,536
Minnesota MN53$855−2%$433 – $1,010
Pennsylvania PA90$851−2%$348 – $2,012
Montana MT10$816−6%$175 – $1,078
Connecticut CT19$790−9%$305 – $942
Virginia VA62$781−10%$567 – $2,120
Massachusetts MA40$703−19%$172 – $1,351
Hawaii HI15$699−20%$485 – $802
North Carolina NC80$698−20%$439 – $1,263
Wisconsin WI89$695−20%$429 – $1,250
Arizona AZ43$656−25%$216 – $2,630
New York NY79$625−28%$299 – $1,575
Indiana IN79$617−29%$214 – $1,058
West Virginia WV19$606−31%$196 – $2,272
Wyoming WY10$605−31%$273 – $1,441
Maine ME20$592−32%$218 – $852
Kansas KS34$581−33%$264 – $1,881
Oklahoma OK36$562−35%$423 – $1,046
Alabama AL34$543−38%$217 – $904
Oregon OR36$507−42%$395 – $952
Louisiana LA42$448−49%$186 – $879
North Dakota ND12$441−49%$347 – $725
Mississippi MS42$402−54%$253 – $718
Michigan MI70$363−58%$159 – $1,336
New Jersey NJ43$344−61%$235 – $2,377
Arkansas AR19$307−65%$197 – $872
Tennessee TN71$297−66%$221 – $971
Maryland MD28$96−89%$74 – $128
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not 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 $872.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,051$900$371 – $1,813
Children’s50$810$396 – $2,150
Critical access360$719$340 – $1,314
Ownership
For-profit376$1,358$589 – $3,609
Government322$707$277 – $1,360
Non-profit1,763$830$363 – $1,628
System affiliation
Part of a system2,105$894$378 – $1,782
Independent366$696$297 – $1,475

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,553
Median cash price$872
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

1,814 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $885 and the average of the middle 60% is $924; most fall between $373 and $1,694.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,814 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
$220$464$885$1,462$2,439

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($220 vs $2,439).

Of the 2,001 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,814 gave a usable cash price; 92 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 93 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,471 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (62%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,796 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,471
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here164
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded158
Hospitals that filed this code2,796

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 diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Radiological Guidance Prq Drg W/Plmt Cath Rs&I|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “Imaging guidance for draining an abscess through the skin (CPT 75989) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-75989-imaging-guidance-for-draining-an-abscess-through-the-skin