Abscess drainage cost in Lake Havasu City, AZ
In Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ, 4 hospitals list a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $112.00 to $872.62, with a median of $554.24. The lowest listed price is at Kingman Regional Medical Center — $442.24 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $217.00 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 10060, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingman Regional Medical Center lowest Kingman, AZ · (928) 757-2101 Simple or single drainage of skin abscess | $112.00 | $320.00 | $98.16–$320.00 | 65% | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Havasu Regional Medical Center Lake Havasu City, AZ · (928) 855-8185 Incision and drainage of abscess (eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia); simple or single | $406.22 | $677.04 | $211.78–$677.04 | 40% | — source file |
| Kingman Regional Medical Center Kingman, AZ · (928) 757-2101 Simple or single drainage of skin abscess | $476.35 | $1,361.00 | $214.09–$1,497.10 | 65% | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Valley View Medical Center Fort Mohave, AZ · (928) 788-2273 Incision and drainage of abscess (eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia); simple or single | $702.26 | $1,170.44 | $1,924.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Western Arizona Regional Medical Center Bullhead City, AZ · (928) 763-2273 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS | $872.62 | $7,271.84 | $90.58–$6,544.66 | 88% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $112.00, median $554.24, highest $872.62 — a 7.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $476.35. 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 1 it is 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.