Abscess drainage (simple) Cost in New York, NY

Prices at 8 hospitals in New York, NY, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $743 — 117% above the US median ($343), roughly 5.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York, NY	$743	—	★ 4/5	248 min	—
Mount Sinai West	New York, NY	$743	$2,966	★ 4/5	272 min	—
Ny Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai	New York, NY	$743	$2,966	—	—	—
Mount Sinai Beth Israel	New York, NY	$743	$2,966	★ 3/5	239 min	—
NYU Langone Hospitals	New York, NY	$1,206	$1,352	★ 5/5	203 min	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated September 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$825

Cash / self-pay

$743

Insurer-negotiated

$1,352

Medicare pays

$129

$743$1,020

Median cash $743 · Medicare $129 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $743 — about 5.8× the Medicare rate ($129). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($257).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $825 list price could save about $83 (10%).

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Doctors who perform this in New York

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Kirk Lebensfeld, D.P.M.	Podiatry	New York, NY	198
Steve Abraham, D.P.M.	Podiatry	New York, NY	123
Howard Goldsmith, DPM	Podiatry	New York, NY	109
Robert Maccabee, DPM	Podiatry	New York, NY	105
Alison Gruen, MD	Dermatology	New York, NY	93
Winston Wong, DPM	Podiatry	New York, NY	89
Richard Kushner, DPM	Podiatry	New York, NY	79
Robert Buka, MD	Dermatology	New York, NY	71
Libby Buscemi, M.D.	Dermatology	New York, NY	70
N Hennessey, M.D.	Dermatology	New York, NY	70
Patrick Luongo, D.P.M.	Podiatry	New York, NY	63
Jeffrey Wolfson, D.P.M.	Podiatry	New York, NY	61

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