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

Hospitals in North Carolina

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Average payment across these 69 hospitals: $1,418National $1,539 · North Carolina $1,418
Median hospital: $1,414
Lowest to highest: $1,089–$1,627
Medicare procedures: 9,206

69 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 51–69. 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
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · CCN 340171	127	$1,440	About average	$1,137	$9,929
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · CCN 340008	43	$1,442	About average	$1,149	$4,142
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340116	68	$1,442	About average	$1,147	$16,085
Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340155	73	$1,446	About average	$1,149	$6,832
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340195	16	$1,455	About average	$1,159	$10,900
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	354	$1,456	About average	$1,149	$7,242
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · CCN 340119	27	$1,457	About average	$1,161	$8,676
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · CCN 340183	86	$1,457	About average	$1,157	$8,141
North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340049	12	$1,462	About average	$1,165	$4,206
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340190	42	$1,465	About average	$1,164	$8,770
Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340148	30	$1,478	About average	$1,174	$8,146
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	541	$1,487	About average	$1,180	$10,255
UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · CCN 340027	20	$1,490	About average	$1,175	$5,016
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	364	$1,495	About average	$1,187	$6,117
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · CCN 340042	61	$1,511	About average	$1,204	$7,384
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · CCN 340013	28	$1,511	About average	$1,204	$16,516
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 340051	75	$1,511	About average	$1,203	$9,927
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · CCN 340151	33	$1,511	About average	$1,198	$5,501
UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · CCN 340010	94	$1,627	About average	$1,292	$7,368

National trend

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

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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.