CPT 49021
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Drain abdominal abscess
Low
$87
Average
$6.9k
Median
$4.4k
High
$34.3k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
54 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 52.2× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $588 | $664 | $691 | 104% | — | $7 – $1.9k |
| 2 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $588 | $664 | $691 | 104% | — | $7 – $1.9k |
| 3 | AnMed Health Cannon Pickens, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $588 | $664 | $691 | 104% | — | $7 – $1.9k |
| 4 | AnMed Health Cannon Pickens, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $588 | $664 | $691 | 104% | — | $7 – $1.9k |
| 5 | AnMed Piedmont Piedmont, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $80 | $88 | $84 | 96% | — | $7 – $245 |
| 6 | AnMed Piedmont Piedmont, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $80 | $88 | $84 | 96% | — | $7 – $245 |
| 7 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 8 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 11 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $169 | 14% | — | $848 – $1.3k |
| 9 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 10 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA Jonesboro, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 11 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA Jonesboro, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $997 | $930 | $214 | 23% | — | $575 – $1.2k |
| 12 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Oxford, MS facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 13 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 14 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 8 | $1.6k | $1.5k | $254 | 17% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
| 15 | Bronson Battle Creek Hospital Battle Creek, MI professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $255 | $255 | — | — | — | $255 – $255 |
| 16 | Bronson LakeView Hospital Paw Paw, MI professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $255 | $255 | — | — | — | $255 – $255 |
| 17 | Bronson Methodist Hospital Kalamazoo, MI professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $255 | $255 | — | — | — | $255 – $255 |
| 18 | Bronson South Haven Hospital South Haven, MI professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $255 | $255 | — | — | — | $255 – $255 |
| 19 | Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.8k | $1.7k | $374 | 22% | — | $1.2k – $2.1k |
| 20 | Doylestown Hospital Doylestown, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.1k | $1.7k | $902 | 53% | — | $169 – $2.4k |
| 21 | Doylestown Hospital Doylestown, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.7k | $2.2k | $1.2k | 55% | — | $169 – $3.7k |
| 22 | HealthAlliance Hospital Kingston, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 23 | HealthAlliance Hospital Kingston, NY facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $2.3k | $2.4k | $455 | 19% | — | $1.9k – $3.2k |
| 24 | LOS ROBLES HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER THOUSAND OAKS, CA case rate · outpatient | 2 | $34.3k | $34.3k | $6.1k | 18% | — | $28.2k – $40.3k |
| 25 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $2.8k | $2.8k | $1.6k | 56% | — | $1.2k – $4.4k |
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