Abscess drainage cost in St. Johnsbury, VT — inpatient
In St. Johnsbury, VT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess as an inpatient: from $75.00 to $75.00, with a median of $75.00. Across Vermont, the median is $174.13 at 7 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 10060, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital lowest St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 I&D, ABSCESS; SIMPLE 10060~P | $75.00 | $100.00 | $36.26–$100.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS ~P | $131.25 | $175.00 | $63.00–$175.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS | $147.75 | $197.00 | $71.43–$197.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 INC I&D ABSCESS SML 10060~P | $307.50 | $410.00 | $110.81–$389.50 | 25% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $75.00, median $75.00, highest $75.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $75.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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 ($359.30). 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.
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VTDRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS ~T | $16.50 | file |