Surgery and procedures CPT 10060 Louisiana Outpatient

Abscess drainage cost in Louisiana

In Louisiana, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $90.24 to $336.18, with a median of $258.30. The lowest price is at New Orleans East Hospital (New Orleans). The highest price is 3.7× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 10060. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$90.24New Orleans East Hospital

Median$258.30half pay less

Highest$336.18in Louisiana

Lowest saves$168.06vs the median

Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
New Orleans East Hospital lowest New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$90.24	$564.00	Jun 24, 2026 source file
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$92.64	$579.00	Jun 30, 2026 source file
University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$137.50	$625.00	Jul 1, 2026 source file
Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$171.36	$1,224.00	Jul 1, 2026 source file
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA I&D ABSC; SMPL OR SGL	$201.60	$504.00	Mar 18, 2026 source file
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA SIMPLE OR SINGLE DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS	$218.76	$364.60	— source file
East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$258.30	$1,845.00	Jul 1, 2026 source file
Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$258.30	$1,845.00	Jul 1, 2026 source file
Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$258.30	$1,845.00	Jul 1, 2026 source file
Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$258.30	$1,845.00	Jun 25, 2026 source file
Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Abscess Simple	$268.38	$994.00	Jun 24, 2026 source file
Hardtner Medical Center Olla · Olla, LA 10060 INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF ABSCESS (EG, CARBUNCLE, SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS, CUTANEOUS O ProFee	$304.00	$380.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria · Alexandria, LA HC 10060 I&D ABSCESS,SIMPLE/SINGLE	$336.18	$1,293.00	Jan 13, 2026 source file

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	8	$90.24	$214.83
Alexandria, LA	1	$336.18	$336.18
Hammond, LA	1	$218.76	$218.76
Natchitoches, LA	1	$201.60	$201.60
Olla, LA	1	$304.00	$304.00
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	1	$258.30	$258.30

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.

Incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.