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 1,001–1,050. 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
Marshfield Medical Center - MinocquaMinocqua, WI · CCN 520212	105	$1,451	About average	$1,155	$7,853
Dupont Hospital LLCFort Wayne, IN · CCN 150150	55	$1,451	About average	$1,149	$18,591
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	192	$1,451	About average	$1,146	$5,793
HCA Florida North Florida HospitalGainesville, FL · CCN 100204	135	$1,451	About average	$1,149	$33,148
OSF Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon, IL · CCN 140012	45	$1,452	About average	$1,143	$12,640
AdventHealth SebringSebring, FL · CCN 100109	152	$1,452	About average	$1,151	$16,865
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston, TX · CCN 450184	382	$1,452	About average	$1,150	$14,829
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell, MI · CCN 230069	58	$1,452	About average	$1,148	$5,547
AdventHealth ZephyrhillsZephyrhills, FL · CCN 100046	71	$1,452	About average	$1,152	$17,523
HCA Florida Blake HospitalBradenton, FL · CCN 100213	125	$1,452	About average	$1,154	$19,266
CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · CCN 280009	147	$1,452	About average	$1,147	$9,821
Brigham City Community HospitalBrigham City, UT · CCN 460017	12	$1,452	About average	$1,157	$30,916
Holy Cross Hospital-DavisLayton, UT · CCN 460041	32	$1,452	About average	$1,152	$6,315
American Fork HospitalAmerican Fork, UT · CCN 460023	33	$1,452	About average	$1,151	$10,003
Park City HospitalPark City, UT · CCN 460057	13	$1,452	About average	$1,151	$9,956
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point, IN · CCN 150126	101	$1,453	About average	$1,148	$10,365
Timpanogos Regional HospitalOrem, UT · CCN 460052	12	$1,453	About average	$1,141	$15,118
Orlando Health South Lake HospitalClermont, FL · CCN 100051	138	$1,453	About average	$1,153	$16,367
Holy Cross Hospital - Salt LakeSalt Lake City, UT · CCN 460003	14	$1,453	About average	$1,138	$7,767
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · CCN 110018	75	$1,453	About average	$1,151	$11,542
St Nicholas HospitalSheboygan, WI · CCN 520044	43	$1,453	About average	$1,148	$10,608
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield, IL · CCN 140148	357	$1,454	About average	$1,153	$11,981
AdventHealth WatermanTavares, FL · CCN 100057	155	$1,454	About average	$1,150	$12,278
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha, WI · CCN 520189	60	$1,454	About average	$1,154	$10,033
Bolivar Medical CenterCleveland, MS · CCN 250093	13	$1,454	About average	$1,158	$20,008
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford, TX · CCN 450639	75	$1,454	About average	$1,156	$10,130
Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison CountyAnderson, IN · CCN 150113	113	$1,454	About average	$1,155	$8,796
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha, WI · CCN 520008	187	$1,454	About average	$1,153	$12,447
Carrollton Regional Medical CenterCarrollton, TX · CCN 450730	26	$1,454	About average	$1,157	$10,687
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook, IL · CCN 140304	47	$1,454	About average	$1,152	$5,309
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · CCN 010092	391	$1,455	About average	$1,153	$5,130
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine, TX · CCN 450563	130	$1,455	About average	$1,154	$7,894
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown, TX · CCN 450424	74	$1,455	About average	$1,147	$17,761
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340195	16	$1,455	About average	$1,159	$10,900
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin HospitalFort Walton Beach, FL · CCN 100223	89	$1,456	About average	$1,154	$32,073
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · CCN 110191	122	$1,456	About average	$1,148	$14,979
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria, IL · CCN 140013	28	$1,456	About average	$1,151	$17,843
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	354	$1,456	About average	$1,149	$7,242
Manatee Memorial HospitalBradenton, FL · CCN 100035	93	$1,456	About average	$1,153	$24,843
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · CCN 420071	194	$1,456	About average	$1,154	$8,908
White River Medical CenterBatesville, AR · CCN 040119	108	$1,456	About average	$1,158	$5,812
Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · CCN 320063	21	$1,456	About average	$1,147	$24,258
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland, MI · CCN 230222	222	$1,456	About average	$1,158	$5,350
Baptist Hospital Of MiamiMiami, FL · CCN 100008	429	$1,457	About average	$1,148	$10,775
AdventHealth Fish MemorialOrange City, FL · CCN 100072	88	$1,457	About average	$1,155	$8,273
National Park Medical CenterHot Springs, AR · CCN 040078	86	$1,457	About average	$1,145	$17,906
Meadowview Regional Medical CenterMaysville, KY · CCN 180019	14	$1,457	About average	$1,158	$10,800
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	400	$1,457	About average	$1,154	$12,072
Merit Health NatchezNatchez, MS · CCN 250084	29	$1,457	About average	$1,161	$32,050
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · CCN 340119	27	$1,457	About average	$1,161	$8,676

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.