Abscess drainage (simple) Cost in Las Vegas, NV

Prices at 3 hospitals in Las Vegas, NV, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $354 — 5% above the US median ($338), roughly 2.8× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
University Medical Center	Las Vegas, NV	$354	$220	★ 2/5	238 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 October 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)

$1,143

Cash / self-pay

$354

Insurer-negotiated

$2,976

Medicare pays

$129

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $354 — about 2.8× the Medicare rate ($129). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($257).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,143 list price could save about $789 (69%).

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Doctors who perform this in Las Vegas

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
Todd Zang, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Las Vegas, NV	753
Maria Jill Alfonso, APRN, FNP-C	Nurse Practitioner	Las Vegas, NV	119
Jodi Politz, DPM	Podiatry	Las Vegas, NV	33
Vanessa Benes, PA	Physician Assistant	Las Vegas, NV	21
Randy Gubler, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Las Vegas, NV	19
Marcus Singel, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Las Vegas, NV	16
Steven Hawkes, PA	Physician Assistant	Las Vegas, NV	15
Nathan Morgan, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Las Vegas, NV	14
Linda Woodson, M.D.	Dermatology	Las Vegas, NV	13
David Cotter, MD, PHD	Dermatology	Las Vegas, NV	11
Elizabeth Langford, DO	Dermatology	Las Vegas, NV	11

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