Abscess drainage cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $224.00 to $664.00, with a median of $427.80. The lowest listed price is at Landmark Medical Center — $203.80 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $292.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Medical Center lowest Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 I&D Abscess Simple/Single | $224.00 | $6,937.50 | $112.04–$6,590.63 | 97% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Landmark Medical Center lowest Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc Incision & Drain Skin Abscess Simple | $224.00 | $963.00 | $112.04–$6,590.63 | 77% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC PR I&D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $292.00 | $292.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC PR I&D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $292.00 | $292.00 | — | — | — source file |
| South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Incision and drainage of abscess (eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia); simple or single | $427.80 | $713.00 | $2,276.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC I & D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $529.02 | $529.02 | — | — | — source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC I & D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $625.53 | $625.53 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC I & D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $664.00 | $664.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC I & D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $664.00 | $664.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC I & D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $664.00 | $664.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $224.00, median $427.80, highest $664.00 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $529.02. 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 2 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 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.