Abscess drainage cost in Manchester, NH
In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $55.80 to $374.44, with a median of $212.94. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $157.14 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $213.11 at 6 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 I&D ABSCESS SIMP | $55.80 | $93.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 I&D ABSCESS................10060 | $167.48 | $279.13 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC I & D SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS-SIMPLE | $212.94 | $546.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC I&D SIMPLE | $212.94 | $546.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC I & D SIMPLE | $212.94 | $546.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 I&D ABSCESS,SIMPLE.......10060 | $231.00 | $385.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 Z-US ABCESS DRAINAGE SUBCUTANEOUS | $356.40 | $594.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc I&D Abscess Simple/Single | $374.44 | $1,012.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc I&D Soft Tissue Simple/Single | $374.44 | $1,012.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $55.80, median $212.94, highest $374.44 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $212.94. 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.
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.
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NHMHP I&D ABSCESS | $35.40 | file |