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Surgery and procedures CPT 10060 Outpatient

Abscess drainage cost in Washington, DC

In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 14 hospitals list a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $60.91 to $1,018.30, with a median of $431.50. The lowest listed price is at Fauquier Health — $370.59 less than the median here. Across District of Columbia, the median is $467.21 at 3 hospitals.

  • The median here, $431.50, is 29% above the US median of $335.34.
  • That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 12 cities for code 10060, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 30, 2024 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$60.91Fauquier Health
Median$431.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,018.30in this market
Difference16.7×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

median
Lowest $60.91Highest $1,018.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Fauquier Health lowest Warrenton, VA · (540) 316-5000 Incision and drainage of abscess (eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia); simple or single File of Jul 14, 2026 · source file $60.91 $152.29 $2,117.00 60%
Mary Washington Hospital Fredericksburg, VA · (540) 741-1100 Drainage of skin abscess File of Dec 30, 2024 · source file $269.00 $538.00 $191.00–$4,450.00 50%
Stafford Hospital Stafford, VA · (540) 741-9000 Drainage of skin abscess File of Dec 30, 2024 · source file $269.00 $538.00 $191.00–$4,450.00 50%
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV · (304) 728-1600 I&D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE File of Jul 12, 2026 · source file $322.50 $645.00 — 50%
MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington, DC · (202) 784-3000 DRAINAGE ABSCESS SINGLE SIMPLE+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $380.17 $584.88 $163.77–$3,175.00 35%
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 664-7105 HC I&D SUPRFL ABSC SMPL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $431.50 $863.00 $198.70–$2,561.00 50%
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA · (703) 858-6600 HC I&D SUPRFL ABSC SMPL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $431.50 $863.00 $198.70–$2,561.00 50%
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA · (703) 391-4170 HC I&D SUPRFL ABSC SMPL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $431.50 $863.00 $198.70–$2,561.00 50%
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 504-3167 HC I&D SUPRFL ABSC SMPL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $431.50 $863.00 $198.70–$2,561.00 50%
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · (703) 698-1110 HC I&D SUPRFL ABSC SMPL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $431.50 $863.00 $198.70–$2,561.00 50%
MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · (202) 877-7000 I AND D SIMPLE ABSCESS+7 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $467.21 $718.78 $208.45–$3,175.00 35%
Children's National Hospital Washington, DC · (202) 476-5000 10060 I+D, Abscess, Simple/Single File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $581.50 $1,163.00 $142.63–$4,902.00 50%
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA · (703) 523-1000 10060 Incision & Drainage Abscess Simple/Single+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $652.50 $1,305.00 — 50%
Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD · (240) 566-3300 I&D ABSCESS SIMPLE File of Mar 17, 2025 · source file $1,018.30 $1,039.08 $1,018.30–$1,039.08 2%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $60.91, median $431.50, highest $1,018.30 — a 16.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $431.50. 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 12 of 12 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 abscess drainage is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Abscess drainage explained.