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 1,451–1,500. 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
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 340051	75	$1,511	About average	$1,203	$9,927
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill, VA · CCN 490098	36	$1,511	About average	$1,189	$9,047
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · CCN 340151	33	$1,511	About average	$1,198	$5,501
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids, MN · CCN 240115	262	$1,512	About average	$1,197	$8,224
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420007	399	$1,512	About average	$1,193	$9,777
St Joseph Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ID · CCN 130003	160	$1,512	About average	$1,197	$8,184
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord, MI · CCN 230133	71	$1,512	About average	$1,194	$4,969
Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · CCN 320030	13	$1,512	About average	$1,205	$21,222
Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · CCN 320065	12	$1,512	About average	$1,205	$11,831
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster, CO · CCN 060104	70	$1,513	About average	$1,202	$12,817
Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch, MI · CCN 230095	28	$1,513	About average	$1,205	$5,953
Regions HospitalSaint Paul, MN · CCN 240106	199	$1,513	About average	$1,196	$7,380
Up Health System PortageHancock, MI · CCN 230108	18	$1,513	About average	$1,204	$9,069
Dickinson County Memorial HospitalIron Mountain, MI · CCN 230055	44	$1,513	About average	$1,203	$8,670
Community HospitalMunster, IN · CCN 150125	302	$1,513	About average	$1,198	$9,578
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390174 · +$209 outlier payments per case	420	$1,513	About average	$1,202	$11,599
Silver Cross Hospital And Medical CentersNew Lenox, IL · CCN 140213	282	$1,513	About average	$1,199	$7,247
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 140124	59	$1,513	About average	$1,202	$8,048
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA · CCN 390330	150	$1,513	About average	$1,201	$14,532
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison, WI · CCN 520083	203	$1,513	About average	$1,206	$10,137
Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, CO · CCN 060034	53	$1,514	About average	$1,206	$32,858
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville, IL · CCN 140202	102	$1,514	About average	$1,202	$15,191
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey, MI · CCN 230105	125	$1,514	About average	$1,199	$4,685
Essentia HealthFargo, ND · CCN 350070	207	$1,514	About average	$1,204	$6,378
Midwestern Region Medical Center, IncZion, IL · CCN 140100	131	$1,514	About average	$1,202	$17,343
Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton, CO · CCN 060004	43	$1,515	About average	$1,201	$10,171
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · CCN 390180	126	$1,515	About average	$1,201	$12,141
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee, MN · CCN 240104	36	$1,515	About average	$1,199	$5,875
Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · CCN 200050	46	$1,516	About average	$1,200	$10,064
AdventHealth OttawaOttawa, KS · CCN 170014	13	$1,516	About average	$1,208	$17,793
Bates County Memorial HospitalButler, MO · CCN 260034	12	$1,516	About average	$1,208	$8,035
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton, MO · CCN 260175	51	$1,516	About average	$1,208	$8,189
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia, MO · CCN 260009	39	$1,516	About average	$1,208	$6,365
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL · CCN 140242	418	$1,517	About average	$1,204	$18,617
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago, IL · CCN 140182	110	$1,517	About average	$1,201	$14,024
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc, MI · CCN 230197	75	$1,518	About average	$1,208	$8,493
Hurley Medical CenterFlint, MI · CCN 230132	31	$1,518	About average	$1,203	$13,994
Reid HealthRichmond, IN · CCN 150048	275	$1,519	About average	$1,208	$8,159
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterBoise, ID · CCN 130007	127	$1,519	About average	$1,202	$5,965
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane, WA · CCN 500077	12	$1,519	About average	$1,183	$11,670
Uw HealthRockford, IL · CCN 140228	271	$1,520	About average	$1,199	$19,602
Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, CO · CCN 060116	52	$1,520	About average	$1,202	$12,453
OhioHealth O'Bleness HospitalAthens, OH · CCN 360014	16	$1,520	About average	$1,210	$8,221
Northfield HospitalNorthfield, MN · CCN 240014	52	$1,520	About average	$1,211	$7,147
Black Hills Surgical Hospital LLCRapid City, SD · CCN 430091	16	$1,520	About average	$1,211	$3,556
Community Medical CenterMissoula, MT · CCN 270023	98	$1,520	About average	$1,211	$9,736
Sanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen, SD · CCN 430097	43	$1,520	About average	$1,209	$5,679
Avera St LukesAberdeen, SD · CCN 430014	150	$1,520	About average	$1,209	$9,708
CHI St Alexius HealthBismarck, ND · CCN 350002	85	$1,520	About average	$1,208	$6,564
Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo, ND · CCN 350011	641	$1,520	About average	$1,207	$5,755

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.