Surgery and procedures CPT 10060 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Abscess drainage cost in Lexington, TN — inpatient

In Lexington, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess as an inpatient: from $140.11 to $140.11, with a median of $140.11. Across Tennessee, the median is $221.61 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10060, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$140.11Houston County Community Hospital

Median$140.11half of hospitals charge less

Highest$140.11in this market

Difference1.0×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 Lexington, TN.

median

Lowest $140.11Highest $241.17

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Houston County Community Hospital lowest Lexington, TN · (731) 968-1801 PF DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE source file	$140.11	$350.28	—	60%
Houston County Community Hospital Lexington, TN · (731) 968-1801 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS source file	$241.17	$602.93	$20.57–$602.93	60%
Houston County Community Hospital one side Lexington, TN · (731) 968-1801 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS+1 more line at this price source file	$241.17	$602.93	$20.57–$602.93	60%

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

Inpatient: lowest $140.11, median $140.11, highest $140.11.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $140.11 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.