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Drainage Of An Abscess Beside The Bladder

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 51080

A pocket of pus in the tissue space around or in front of the bladder is opened and drained through an incision in the lower abdomen. The cavity is washed out and a drain is usually left in so it continues to empty as it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of An Abscess Beside The Bladder cost?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$468 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,820 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,772Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in California 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.

New Hampshire· 23rd of 51

$724

CA $5,129MD $437

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.