Abscess drainage cost in Las Cruces, NM
In Las Cruces, NM, 2 hospitals list a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $758.09 to $1,005.42, with a median of $881.76. The lowest listed price is at Memorial Medical Center — $123.67 less than the median here. Across New Mexico, the median is $758.09 at 9 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Apr 1, 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 Las Cruces, NM.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Medical Center lowest Las Cruces, NM · (575) 522-8641 Incision and drainage of abscess (eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia); simple or single | $758.09 | $1,263.48 | $677.03 | 40% | — source file |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces, NM · (575) 556-7600 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS | $1,005.42 | $3,723.77 | $117.52–$3,276.92 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $758.09, median $881.76, highest $1,005.42 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 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.