Abscess drainage cost in Buckeye, WV
In Buckeye, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $167.30 to $167.30, with a median of $167.30. Across West Virginia, the median is $233.00 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Nov 13, 2025 and Nov 13, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Buckeye, WV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Memorial Hospital lowest Buckeye, WV · (304) 799-7400 I & D SIMPLE File of Nov 13, 2025 · source file | $167.30 | $239.00 | $167.30–$207.48 | 30% |
| Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV · (304) 799-7400 ABCESS SIMPLE File of Nov 13, 2025 · source file | $226.80 | $324.00 | $226.80–$317.52 | 30% |
| Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV · (304) 799-7400 I&D ABSCESS SUBFASCI File of Nov 13, 2025 · source file | $349.30 | $499.00 | $226.80–$317.52 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $167.30, median $167.30, highest $167.30.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $167.30. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 10060 ($332.48). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WVASSIST W I&D SIMPLE | $25.90 | file |