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Draining A Skin Abscess

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 10060

This is a minor procedure to open and drain a single pocket of infection under the skin, known as an abscess, to relieve pressure and remove pus. It is typically done under local numbing medicine in an office or urgent care setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Draining A Skin Abscess cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$135 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$120 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $81 to $2,042Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $95 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$263.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$954.99
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Tufts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$200

AK $437KY $100

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.