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

Compare hospitals

Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.

Location

Specific hospitals up to 10

Sort by

Order

Year of care

2,315 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1,351–1,400. 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
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus, IN · CCN 150112	143	$1,492	About average	$1,187	$5,902
Essentia Health DuluthDuluth, MN · CCN 240019	234	$1,492	About average	$1,185	$4,157
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital StephenvillStephenville, TX · CCN 450351	16	$1,492	About average	$1,171	$9,200
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur, IL · CCN 140135	414	$1,493	About average	$1,184	$10,746
Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands, TX · CCN 670122	228	$1,493	About average	$1,187	$17,379
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart, IN · CCN 150034	234	$1,494	About average	$1,175	$9,442
St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA · CCN 390183	42	$1,494	About average	$1,190	$17,484
University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison, WI · CCN 520098	1,125	$1,494	About average	$1,183	$10,311
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster, TX · CCN 450617	108	$1,494	About average	$1,184	$26,825
St Claire Regional Medical CenterMorehead, KY · CCN 180018	78	$1,494	About average	$1,189	$5,244
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	364	$1,495	About average	$1,187	$6,117
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA · CCN 390125	51	$1,495	About average	$1,188	$7,212
Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing, MN · CCN 240040	83	$1,495	About average	$1,187	$6,583
Wythe County Community HospitalWytheville, VA · CCN 490111	11	$1,495	About average	$1,191	$12,461
Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · CCN 300012	245	$1,495	About average	$1,187	$12,149
Lewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor, VA · CCN 490126	20	$1,495	About average	$1,186	$19,393
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge, VA · CCN 490113	96	$1,495	About average	$1,183	$10,265
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg, VA · CCN 490022	228	$1,495	About average	$1,183	$7,650
Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · CCN 280111	47	$1,496	About average	$1,192	$8,354
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City, MI · CCN 230097	383	$1,496	About average	$1,187	$5,434
Corewell Health Ludington HospitalLudington, MI · CCN 230110	38	$1,497	About average	$1,186	$4,914
Parkview Noble HospitalKendallville, IN · CCN 150146	18	$1,497	About average	$1,193	$7,413
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont, TX · CCN 450034	135	$1,497	About average	$1,189	$12,580
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings, MT · CCN 270049	221	$1,497	About average	$1,186	$6,511
Huntsville Memorial HospitalHuntsville, TX · CCN 450347	39	$1,498	About average	$1,192	$9,619
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove, IL · CCN 140288	196	$1,498	About average	$1,184	$11,479
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale, PA · CCN 390012	53	$1,498	About average	$1,189	$8,644
UnityPoint Health - MeriterMadison, WI · CCN 520089	49	$1,498	About average	$1,190	$14,777
Colleton Medical CenterWalterboro, SC · CCN 420030	22	$1,498	About average	$1,194	$9,054
Herrin HospitalHerrin, IL · CCN 140011	21	$1,498	About average	$1,193	$16,984
Anderson HospitalMaryville, IL · CCN 140289	70	$1,498	About average	$1,191	$9,488
St Marys HospitalDecatur, IL · CCN 140166	42	$1,498	About average	$1,191	$7,945
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton, IL · CCN 140002	71	$1,498	About average	$1,190	$10,043
St Josephs HospitalBreese, IL · CCN 140145	14	$1,498	About average	$1,190	$11,097
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin, IL · CCN 140120	33	$1,498	About average	$1,190	$10,584
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal, IL · CCN 140127	108	$1,498	About average	$1,189	$6,655
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria, IL · CCN 140209	132	$1,498	About average	$1,188	$12,866
Jersey Community HospitalJerseyville, IL · CCN 140059	16	$1,498	About average	$1,186	$8,805
OSF Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton, IL · CCN 140052	48	$1,498	About average	$1,186	$9,602
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI · CCN 520138	218	$1,499	About average	$1,187	$11,185
OSF Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville, IL · CCN 140093	30	$1,499	About average	$1,181	$8,670
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · CCN 490050	200	$1,499	About average	$1,186	$8,792
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg, VA · CCN 490043	116	$1,499	About average	$1,188	$7,855
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton, VA · CCN 490023	98	$1,500	About average	$1,193	$10,010
Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · CCN 320004	132	$1,501	About average	$1,194	$13,419
Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · CCN 280077	74	$1,501	About average	$1,192	$10,428
NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston, IL · CCN 140010	946	$1,501	About average	$1,193	$8,116
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette, WI · CCN 520113	39	$1,501	About average	$1,195	$10,781
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee, IL · CCN 140155	51	$1,501	About average	$1,191	$16,295
Parkland Health CenterFarmington, MO · CCN 260163	35	$1,501	About average	$1,196	$8,522

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

View data as a table

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.

Show all 50 states

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.