Abscess drainage (simple) Cost in Los Angeles, CA

Prices at 6 hospitals in Los Angeles, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $483 — 43% above the US median ($338), roughly 3.8× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	$468	$241	★ 5/5	—	—
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-West La	Los Angeles, CA	$468	$241	★ 3/5	—	—
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital	Los Angeles, CA	$498	$343	★ 1/5	172 min	—
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	$1,016	$4,167	★ 5/5	355 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)

$900

Cash / self-pay

$483

Insurer-negotiated

$298

Medicare pays

$129

$468$860

Median cash $483 · Medicare $129 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $483 — about 3.8× 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 $900 list price could save about $417 (46%).

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Doctors who perform this in Los Angeles

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
Edward Rhee, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	352
Mark Lembersky, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	105
Ilan Bazak, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	99
Eric Wee, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	89
Ben Behnam, M.D.	Dermatology	Los Angeles, CA	70
Brian Mekelburg, MD	Dermatology	Los Angeles, CA	48
Rhonda Rand, MD	Dermatology	Los Angeles, CA	33
Jonathan Tavakoli, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	26
Noreen Oswell, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	25
Kristine Hirschfield, MD	Internal Medicine	Los Angeles, CA	24
Suzanne Mancherian, DPM	Podiatry	Los Angeles, CA	18
Jack Azad, M.D.	General Practice	Los Angeles, CA	17

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