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 801–850. 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
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth, OH · CCN 360008	186	$1,426	About average	$1,128	$5,281
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette, IN · CCN 150109	114	$1,427	About average	$1,127	$13,541
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso, IN · CCN 150035	168	$1,427	About average	$1,126	$16,169
Ascension Seton HaysKyle, TX · CCN 670056	30	$1,427	About average	$1,137	$15,323
Dell Seton Medical Center At The University Of TxAustin, TX · CCN 450124	26	$1,427	About average	$1,137	$12,818
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin, TX · CCN 450713	100	$1,427	About average	$1,137	$24,291
North Austin Medical CenterAustin, TX · CCN 450809	122	$1,427	About average	$1,137	$18,743
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos, TX · CCN 450272	40	$1,427	About average	$1,135	$17,541
Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth, TX · CCN 450137	116	$1,427	About average	$1,126	$10,636
Labette HealthParsons, KS · CCN 170120	40	$1,427	About average	$1,117	$4,477
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- AustinAustin, TX · CCN 670136	20	$1,427	About average	$1,126	$7,014
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 340091	128	$1,427	About average	$1,128	$9,084
Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton, SC · CCN 420038	17	$1,428	About average	$1,123	$13,484
Lake Huron Medical CenterPort Huron, MI · CCN 230031	20	$1,428	About average	$1,138	$9,007
Surgeons Choice Medical CenterSouthfield, MI · CCN 230301	16	$1,428	About average	$1,138	$10,533
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview, TX · CCN 450032	159	$1,428	About average	$1,132	$14,562
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville, IN · CCN 150005	148	$1,428	About average	$1,128	$12,239
McLaren MacombMount Clemens, MI · CCN 230227	69	$1,428	About average	$1,134	$10,189
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia, NY · CCN 330073	13	$1,428	About average	$1,138	$5,717
Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · CCN 390032	36	$1,428	About average	$1,133	$8,910
King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven, MS · CCN 250057	85	$1,428	About average	$1,136	$5,127
Deaconess Henderson HospitalHenderson, KY · CCN 180056	63	$1,428	About average	$1,138	$7,478
Lakeview HospitalBountiful, UT · CCN 460042	48	$1,428	About average	$1,129	$15,801
AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · CCN 110168	39	$1,428	About average	$1,128	$23,369
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA · CCN 390001	230	$1,429	About average	$1,135	$17,954
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City, MO · CCN 260023	123	$1,429	About average	$1,126	$8,462
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · CCN 390339	26	$1,429	About average	$1,139	$16,084
Mease Dunedin HospitalDunedin, FL · CCN 100043	59	$1,429	About average	$1,130	$10,734
WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · CCN 340173	83	$1,429	About average	$1,129	$11,478
CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · CCN 280020	62	$1,429	About average	$1,131	$7,172
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates, IL · CCN 140290	76	$1,429	About average	$1,132	$13,616
The Women's HospitalNewburgh, IN · CCN 150149	146	$1,429	About average	$1,133	$6,635
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth, TX · CCN 450779	136	$1,429	About average	$1,126	$9,276
Memorial Hospital PembrokePembroke Pines, FL · CCN 100230	30	$1,430	About average	$1,131	$23,844
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · CCN 110105	31	$1,430	About average	$1,132	$7,942
Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · CCN 340126	73	$1,430	About average	$1,136	$12,782
UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · CCN 390328	41	$1,430	About average	$1,140	$15,661
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo, MN · CCN 240076	13	$1,431	About average	$1,140	$5,270
Riverview HealthNoblesville, IN · CCN 150059	69	$1,431	About average	$1,133	$11,005
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit, MI · CCN 230165	161	$1,431	About average	$1,134	$6,233
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	216	$1,431	About average	$1,135	$12,655
Grant Medical CenterColumbus, OH · CCN 360017	181	$1,431	About average	$1,132	$12,242
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	61	$1,431	About average	$1,127	$15,968
Schneck Medical CenterSeymour, IN · CCN 150065	51	$1,431	About average	$1,125	$7,133
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes, IN · CCN 150042	167	$1,431	About average	$1,134	$8,024
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land, TX · CCN 450848	113	$1,432	About average	$1,127	$14,683
Lakeland Regional Medical CenterLakeland, FL · CCN 100157	130	$1,432	About average	$1,133	$15,238
Deaconess Illinois CrossroadsMount Vernon, IL · CCN 140294	18	$1,432	About average	$1,127	$9,740
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville, TN · CCN 440009	75	$1,432	About average	$1,137	$5,419
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac, MI · CCN 230029	192	$1,432	About average	$1,133	$7,396

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.