Abscess drainage cost in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $109.85 to $561.75, with a median of $147.60. The lowest listed price is at Akron General Medical Center — $37.75 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $378.98 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 10060, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jul 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron General Medical Center lowest Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 I & D ABSCESS, SINGLE | $109.85 | $169.00 | $42.94–$169.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center lowest Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS | $109.85 | $169.00 | $42.94–$169.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 PR INCISION & DRAINAGE ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $130.20 | $217.00 | $61.54–$341.28 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 HB I&D ABSCESS/SIM/SING/PARONYCHI | $162.75 | $217.00 | $73.78–$214.61 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Fairlawn, OH Simple or single drainage of skin abscess | $165.00 | $220.00 | $95.66–$187.00 | 25% | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 HB DRAIN SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE | $310.50 | $414.00 | $140.76–$409.45 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 INCISION & DRAINAGE ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $387.40 | $596.00 | $133.98–$3,004.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Ravenna, OH · (330) 297-2300 HC DRAIN SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE | $561.75 | $749.00 | $176.76–$2,808.00 | 25% | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $109.85, median $147.60, highest $561.75 — a 5.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $474.58. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This procedure opens a single, uncomplicated skin abscess, boil or infected cyst with a small cut to drain the pus. It is used when an infection under the skin does not drain on its own.
What the price covers
The price covers the drainage procedure. The emergency room or clinic visit, a lab culture of the pus and any antibiotics are billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 10060 ($359.10). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHPR DRAIN SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE | $0.60 | file |