Abscess drainage cost in Walla Walla, WA
In Walla Walla, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $212.10 to $212.10, with a median of $212.10. Across Washington, the median is $407.98 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 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 Walla Walla, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Mary Medical Center lowest Walla Walla, WA · (509) 522-5900 HC PR ED 10060 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE OR SINGLE CDM | $212.10 | $303.00 | — | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA · (509) 522-5900 HC INCISION & DRAINAGE ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $583.10 | $833.00 | — | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA · (509) 522-5900 HC ED DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE OR SINGLE CDM | $583.10 | $833.00 | — | 30% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $212.10, median $212.10, highest $212.10.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $212.10. 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.
| Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WAHC INCISION & DRAINAGE ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE CDM | $0.70 | file |