Outpatient procedure · APC 5072 · Surgery or procedure

Level 2 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,539 per procedure at 2,329 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,396 and $1,606.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,539
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,396–$1,606
Medicare’s share: $1,22079% of the payment
Average billed charge: $11,310
Hospitals reporting: 2,329323,855 procedures

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2,315 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 651–700. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 2 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 340098	92	$1,406	About average	$1,109	$14,949
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton, MI · CCN 230176	115	$1,407	About average	$1,116	$11,029
Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco, TX · CCN 450128	13	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$16,916
Mission Regional Medical CenterMission, TX · CCN 450176	15	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$20,243
Palo Pinto General HospitalMineral Wells, TX · CCN 450565	11	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$14,740
Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAmarillo, TX · CCN 450875	18	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$13,054
South Texas Health SystemEdinburg, TX · CCN 450119	24	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$43,210
The Hospitals Of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso, TX · CCN 670120	26	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$29,516
Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville, TX · CCN 450662	22	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$40,833
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin, TX · CCN 450484	22	$1,407	About average	$1,121	$27,750
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock, TX · CCN 450040	139	$1,407	About average	$1,120	$18,217
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg, TX · CCN 450604	84	$1,407	About average	$1,120	$15,886
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville, TX · CCN 450007	132	$1,407	About average	$1,119	$7,618
Connally Memorial Medical CenterFloresville, TX · CCN 450108	11	$1,407	About average	$1,117	$10,080
Memorial HealthcareOwosso, MI · CCN 230121	56	$1,407	About average	$1,120	$7,535
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450388	192	$1,407	About average	$1,115	$23,767
Valley Baptist Medical Center- BrownsvilleBrownsville, TX · CCN 450028	19	$1,407	About average	$1,112	$19,396
Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana, TX · CCN 450200	95	$1,407	About average	$1,110	$8,190
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcallen, TX · CCN 450711	30	$1,407	About average	$1,107	$25,812
CHI St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin, TX · CCN 450211	39	$1,407	About average	$1,106	$18,430
The Hospitals Of Providence - Memorial CampusEl Paso, TX · CCN 450002	18	$1,407	About average	$1,097	$9,835
Miami Valley HospitalDayton, OH · CCN 360051	379	$1,407	About average	$1,114	$13,630
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · CCN 340039	59	$1,407	About average	$1,120	$7,752
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus, OH · CCN 360035	215	$1,408	About average	$1,111	$8,264
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock, TX · CCN 670034	335	$1,408	About average	$1,116	$7,749
Uniontown HospitalUniontown, PA · CCN 390041	66	$1,409	About average	$1,117	$6,888
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 340115	188	$1,409	About average	$1,114	$10,629
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · CCN 110030	70	$1,409	About average	$1,103	$19,914
Memorial Hospital And Health Care CenterJasper, IN · CCN 150115	209	$1,409	About average	$1,116	$9,747
Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · CCN 320021	146	$1,409	About average	$1,118	$6,483
Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · CCN 420103	52	$1,410	About average	$1,118	$7,546
Georgetown Community HospitalGeorgetown, KY · CCN 180101	21	$1,410	About average	$1,123	$10,433
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton, OH · CCN 360132	76	$1,410	About average	$1,120	$14,015
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS · CCN 250031	40	$1,410	About average	$1,123	$20,710
Avita OntarioOntario, OH · CCN 360365	14	$1,410	About average	$1,113	$7,908
Delta Health System - The Medical CenterGreenville, MS · CCN 250082	48	$1,410	About average	$1,117	$6,967
Mountain View HospitalIdaho Falls, ID · CCN 130065	84	$1,410	About average	$1,122	$5,162
McLaren OaklandPontiac, MI · CCN 230207	54	$1,410	About average	$1,116	$5,165
HCA Florida Twin Cities HospitalNiceville, FL · CCN 100054	20	$1,411	About average	$1,090	$34,620
OhioHealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield, OH · CCN 360118	133	$1,411	About average	$1,119	$9,266
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach, VA · CCN 490119	175	$1,411	About average	$1,121	$12,592
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · CCN 340075	94	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$13,008
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · CCN 340068	17	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$14,120
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · CCN 340184	46	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$16,720
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · CCN 340132	57	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$13,316
Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · CCN 340016	54	$1,411	About average	$1,121	$17,249
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · CCN 340071	39	$1,411	About average	$1,118	$7,529
Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela, PA · CCN 390147	62	$1,411	About average	$1,108	$7,528
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · CCN 340097	40	$1,411	About average	$1,110	$3,778
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · CCN 110107	212	$1,411	About average	$1,117	$9,867

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 327,576 procedures at 2,461 hospitals · 2021: 342,159 procedures at 2,460 hospitals · 2022: 328,148 procedures at 2,418 hospitals · 2023: 331,434 procedures at 2,387 hospitals · 2024: 323,855 procedures at 2,329 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 2 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,364	$9,588
2021	$1,405	$9,782
2022	$1,422	$10K
2023	$1,477	$11K
2024	$1,539	$11K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 2 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	1,080	$787	$666–$851
Alabama	45	4,814	$1,321	$1,281–$1,347
Tennessee	53	6,148	$1,324	$1,322–$1,384
West Virginia	21	2,823	$1,328	$1,309–$1,374
Mississippi	36	3,960	$1,340	$1,314–$1,355
Louisiana	46	4,679	$1,344	$1,333–$1,362
Ohio	107	14,062	$1,349	$1,354–$1,409
Oklahoma	39	4,483	$1,355	$1,368–$1,463
Arkansas	27	3,570	$1,359	$1,333–$1,450
South Carolina	43	7,381	$1,374	$1,359–$1,399
Kentucky	46	5,518	$1,389	$1,360–$1,407
Missouri	59	7,560	$1,394	$1,385–$1,460
Kansas	31	3,743	$1,394	$1,383–$1,443
Nebraska	21	2,935	$1,404	$1,438–$1,478
Virginia	60	9,999	$1,410	$1,381–$1,499
Iowa	25	4,141	$1,414	$1,385–$1,461
North Carolina	69	9,206	$1,418	$1,398–$1,442
Indiana	69	8,494	$1,422	$1,431–$1,472
Michigan	77	9,509	$1,425	$1,406–$1,474
Georgia	71	8,386	$1,428	$1,392–$1,472
New Mexico	15	1,273	$1,428	$1,393–$1,506
New Hampshire	13	2,357	$1,430	$1,489–$1,566
Texas	168	20,036	$1,441	$1,407–$1,464
Florida	146	20,444	$1,444	$1,441–$1,469
Utah	21	2,407	$1,451	$1,425–$1,453
Maine	15	1,585	$1,455	$1,403–$1,503
Pennsylvania	114	15,588	$1,478	$1,428–$1,551
Wisconsin	56	6,950	$1,480	$1,451–$1,504
Idaho	13	2,029	$1,484	$1,418–$1,523
Illinois	95	15,195	$1,493	$1,475–$1,539
South Dakota	12	2,368	$1,526	$1,520–$1,622
Montana	10	1,708	$1,536	$1,504–$1,598
North Dakota	6	1,934	$1,539	$1,516–$1,570
Colorado	42	4,089	$1,548	$1,525–$1,544
Minnesota	41	7,162	$1,567	$1,520–$1,571
Arizona	41	6,071	$1,584	$1,562–$1,581
Wyoming	8	471	$1,612	$1,607–$1,628
Delaware	6	1,585	$1,613	$1,613–$1,614
District of Columbia	5	1,304	$1,625	$1,618–$1,647
Rhode Island	10	987	$1,631	$1,627–$1,645
Washington	45	6,327	$1,656	$1,617–$1,705
Alaska	6	733	$1,706	$1,683–$1,769
Massachusetts	52	13,195	$1,724	$1,723–$1,741
Nevada	17	1,295	$1,725	$1,700–$1,736
New Jersey	54	8,474	$1,725	$1,671–$1,764
Oregon	28	3,266	$1,747	$1,668–$1,722
New York	113	20,231	$1,771	$1,700–$1,827
Connecticut	25	3,630	$1,776	$1,779–$1,809
Hawaii	11	983	$1,804	$1,801–$1,898
California	190	27,687	$2,041	$1,963–$2,080

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.