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 901–950. 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
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · CCN 110002	11	$1,439	About average	$1,147	$13,072
CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · CCN 280060	107	$1,439	About average	$1,138	$10,355
UPMC WilliamsportWilliamsport, PA · CCN 390045	221	$1,440	About average	$1,145	$13,563
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper, AL · CCN 010089	13	$1,440	About average	$1,147	$28,351
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390228	137	$1,440	About average	$1,144	$7,203
Orlando HealthOrlando, FL · CCN 100006	403	$1,440	About average	$1,139	$24,645
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington, TX · CCN 450064	99	$1,440	About average	$1,140	$7,995
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · CCN 340171	127	$1,440	About average	$1,137	$9,929
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls, WI · CCN 520103	116	$1,440	About average	$1,140	$9,011
Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas, TX · CCN 450051	63	$1,441	About average	$1,143	$11,706
Major HospitalShelbyville, IN · CCN 150097	48	$1,441	About average	$1,142	$11,449
Sacred Heart Hospital On The Emerald CoastMiramar Beach, FL · CCN 100292	84	$1,441	About average	$1,140	$14,507
UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · CCN 390067	259	$1,441	About average	$1,144	$9,401
Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac, MI · CCN 230081	30	$1,441	About average	$1,124	$6,625
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis, IN · CCN 150024	50	$1,441	About average	$1,130	$12,136
UF Health Leesburg HospitalLeesburg, FL · CCN 100084	67	$1,441	About average	$1,141	$12,380
Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · CCN 110045	19	$1,442	About average	$1,136	$12,269
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · CCN 340008	43	$1,442	About average	$1,149	$4,142
Carolina Pines Regional Medical CenterHartsville, SC · CCN 420010	19	$1,442	About average	$1,148	$38,122
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340116	68	$1,442	About average	$1,147	$16,085
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg, OH · CCN 360239	141	$1,442	About average	$1,146	$10,616
The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · CCN 280040	322	$1,442	About average	$1,145	$8,527
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis, IN · CCN 150128	109	$1,442	About average	$1,144	$11,267
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering, OH · CCN 360079	277	$1,443	About average	$1,145	$14,458
Aurora Medical Center Washington CountyHartford, WI · CCN 520038	33	$1,443	About average	$1,140	$10,750
Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · CCN 280132	104	$1,443	About average	$1,145	$7,783
St Louis Childrens HospitalSaint Louis, MO · CCN 263301	13	$1,443	About average	$1,150	$22,173
Morton Plant HospitalClearwater, FL · CCN 100127	91	$1,443	About average	$1,143	$12,360
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters, MO · CCN 260191	97	$1,443	About average	$1,147	$8,664
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus, OH · CCN 360006	389	$1,443	About average	$1,147	$12,071
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen, TX · CCN 450840	55	$1,443	About average	$1,142	$8,114
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound, TX · CCN 670068	106	$1,444	About average	$1,143	$11,975
Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville, KY · CCN 180044	162	$1,444	About average	$1,142	$11,421
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · CCN 190007	80	$1,444	About average	$1,148	$5,914
Jefferson Regional Medical CenterPine Bluff, AR · CCN 040071	99	$1,444	About average	$1,141	$6,503
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys, GA · CCN 110146	41	$1,444	About average	$1,140	$6,125
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · CCN 110128	49	$1,444	About average	$1,142	$12,122
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City, UT · CCN 460047	137	$1,444	About average	$1,144	$16,828
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton, WI · CCN 520160	68	$1,444	About average	$1,144	$8,587
Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston, FL · CCN 100289	217	$1,444	About average	$1,147	$7,785
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	446	$1,445	About average	$1,142	$14,238
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · CCN 110143	85	$1,445	About average	$1,141	$19,069
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township, MI · CCN 230277	61	$1,445	About average	$1,151	$14,438
McLaren Bay RegionBay City, MI · CCN 230041	111	$1,445	About average	$1,151	$4,168
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester, MI · CCN 230254	54	$1,445	About average	$1,149	$4,990
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw, MI · CCN 230077	93	$1,445	About average	$1,147	$6,384
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer, MI · CCN 230193	59	$1,445	About average	$1,146	$6,775
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano, TX · CCN 450890	250	$1,445	About average	$1,144	$8,238
Monroe HospitalBloomington, IN · CCN 150183	18	$1,445	About average	$1,151	$9,901
FHN Memorial HospitalFreeport, IL · CCN 140160	34	$1,445	About average	$1,151	$7,860

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.