Abscess drainage cost in Defiance, OH
In Defiance, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $175.80 to $175.80, with a median of $175.80. Across Ohio, the median is $378.98 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10060, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Defiance, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Health Defiance Hospital lowest Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC I & D Subcutaneous Abscess-Simple | $175.80 | $293.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC I & D Simple | $316.20 | $527.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC I&D Simple | $316.20 | $527.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC I & D Simple | $16,188.52 | $26,980.87 | $199.61 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $175.80, median $175.80, highest $175.80.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $175.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.