Abscess drainage cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 14 hospitals publish a cash price for incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess: from $35.40 to $3,884.26, with a median of $213.11. The lowest price is at Monadnock Community Hospital (Peterborough). The highest price is 109.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $213.11, is 36% below the US median of $335.34.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- New Hampshire ranks 2nd of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$35.40Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$213.11half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,884.26in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$177.71vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH MHP I&D ABSCESS | $35.40 | $59.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Hospital Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT INCISION & DRAIN ABSCESS UB FAC | $44.00 | $80.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital one side Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH SIMPLE OR SINGLE DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS | $60.50 | $121.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Colebrook · Colebrook, NH I&D OF ABSCESS | $156.51 | $282.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, NH I&D OF ABSCESS | $157.92 | $282.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin · Berlin, NH I&D OF ABSCESS | $177.66 | $282.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC I & D SIMPLE | $212.94 | $546.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT INCISION AND DRAINAGE ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $213.28 | $697.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital North Conway · North Conway, NH HC DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS SIMPLE OR SINGLE | $243.35 | $243.35 | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC I&D ABSCESS SIMPLE/SINGLE | $264.18 | $714.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT WCC I&D ABSC; SMPL OR SGL | $269.70 | $435.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc I&D Soft Tissue Simple/Single | $374.44 | $1,012.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC INCIS AND DRAIN OF ABSCESS SIMP OR SINGLE | $721.00 | $721.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT SIMPLE OR SINGLE DRAINAGE OF SKIN ABSCESS | $3,884.26 | $6,697.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 4 | $44.00 | $241.49 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $35.40 | $238.56 |
| Berlin, NH | 1 | $177.66 | $177.66 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $721.00 | $721.00 |
| Colebrook, NH | 1 | $156.51 | $156.51 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $157.92 | $157.92 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $243.35 | $243.35 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $60.50 | $60.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What abscess drainage is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Abscess drainage explained.
Incision and drainage of a simple or single skin abscess in other states
- Alabama$279.95
- Alaska$393.12
- Arizona$415.66
- Arkansas$247.27
- California$468.00
- Colorado$349.68
- Connecticut$416.00
- Delaware$554.70
- District of Columbia$467.21, 3 hospitals
- Florida$599.60
- Georgia$601.50
- Hawaii$341.40
- Idaho$284.39
- Illinois$392.00
- Indiana$461.60
- Iowa$252.20
- Kansas$259.25
- Kentucky$293.27
- Louisiana$218.76
- Maine$172.80
- Maryland$787.61
- Massachusetts$496.00
- Michigan$273.00
- Minnesota$284.62
- Mississippi$219.13
- Missouri$282.75
- Montana$220.00
- Nebraska$290.37
- Nevada$342.90
- New Jersey$344.25
- New Mexico$376.05
- New York$404.50
- North Carolina$368.17
- North Dakota$304.50
- Ohio$387.40
- Oklahoma$260.80
- Oregon$337.23
- Pennsylvania$510.60
- Puerto Rico$315.02, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$427.80
- South Carolina$364.03
- South Dakota$460.00
- Tennessee$221.75
- Texas$431.56
- Utah$367.15
- Vermont$462.25
- Virginia$387.00
- Washington$381.19
- West Virginia$235.00
- Wisconsin$290.93
- Wyoming$324.03
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.