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Open Drainage of a Liver Abscess or Cyst

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 47010

Opens the abdomen and the liver to drain a pocket of pus or a fluid-filled cyst, washing out the cavity and usually leaving a drain in place. It may be completed in one operation or in two stages. It is used when a collection cannot be drained with a needle through the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage of a Liver Abscess or Cyst cost?

$3,733

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,413 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$891 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,995

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
6 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
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Hampshire· 22nd of 51

$3,733

$1,995 physician + $1,738 facility

AL $10,682MD $1,821

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.