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 151–200. 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
Thomas HospitalFairhope, AL · CCN 010100	177	$1,323	14% below the national average	$1,048	$5,482
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	236	$1,323	14% below the national average	$1,040	$8,493
Russell Medical CenterAlexander City, AL · CCN 010065	60	$1,323	14% below the national average	$1,047	$4,544
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	81	$1,323	14% below the national average	$1,048	$9,587
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz, AL · CCN 010005	99	$1,323	14% below the national average	$1,049	$6,602
Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · CCN 190044	75	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,046	$4,171
Anderson Regional Medical Center South CampusMeridian, MS · CCN 250081	19	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,055	$4,364
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood, OH · CCN 360359	69	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,050	$9,897
Washington Regional Medical CenterFayetteville, AR · CCN 040004	160	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,041	$11,363
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory, MS · CCN 250025	55	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,054	$9,523
University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033	991	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,048	$9,111
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville, MS · CCN 250050	85	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,051	$3,794
Baptist Memorial Hospital BoonevilleBooneville, MS · CCN 250044	13	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,050	$9,393
University Of Mississippi Medical Center- GrenadaGrenada, MS · CCN 250168	49	$1,324	14% below the national average	$1,048	$7,207
Rivers HealthPoint Pleasant, WV · CCN 510012	12	$1,325	14% below the national average	$1,055	$7,761
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest, IL · CCN 140130	456	$1,325	14% below the national average	$1,053	$14,998
Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana, CA · CCN 050761	111	$1,325	14% below the national average	$1,053	$6,174
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · CCN 190054	49	$1,326	14% below the national average	$1,052	$7,439
Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, AR · CCN 040010	206	$1,327	14% below the national average	$1,047	$5,775
MUSC Health Marion Medical CenterMullins, SC · CCN 420055	18	$1,327	14% below the national average	$1,045	$19,030
Arkansas Surgical HospitalNo Little Rock, AR · CCN 040147	30	$1,327	14% below the national average	$1,032	$6,306
Taylor Regional HospitalCampbellsville, KY · CCN 180087	42	$1,328	14% below the national average	$1,056	$5,468
Wiregrass Medical CenterGeneva, AL · CCN 010062	17	$1,328	14% below the national average	$1,058	$2,009
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus, MS · CCN 250100	158	$1,328	14% below the national average	$1,052	$9,715
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg, MS · CCN 250094	31	$1,329	14% below the national average	$1,057	$16,817
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	144	$1,330	14% below the national average	$1,051	$10,020
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190005	34	$1,330	14% below the national average	$1,054	$15,006
SSM Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, OK · CCN 370037	250	$1,330	14% below the national average	$1,057	$9,309
Odessa Regional Medical CenterOdessa, TX · CCN 450661	14	$1,330	14% below the national average	$1,027	$16,572
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City, MO · CCN 260011	45	$1,331	14% below the national average	$1,057	$13,136
VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLCHarlingen, TX · CCN 450033	46	$1,331	14% below the national average	$1,042	$23,938
Broward Health Imperial PointFort Lauderdale, FL · CCN 100200	17	$1,331	14% below the national average	$1,032	$10,557
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg, TN · CCN 440072	34	$1,332	13% below the national average	$1,031	$7,451
Merit Health Women's HospitalFlowood, MS · CCN 250136	85	$1,332	13% below the national average	$1,050	$13,017
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · CCN 340003	36	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,060	$2,571
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · CCN 190160	44	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,061	$16,532
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	75	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,056	$9,724
Aultman HospitalCanton, OH · CCN 360084	214	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,054	$7,453
Progress West HospitalOfallon, MO · CCN 260219	34	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,048	$7,109
Shorepoint Health Punta GordaPunta Gorda, FL · CCN 100047	13	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,062	$15,544
Baptist Health CorbinCorbin, KY · CCN 180080	66	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,057	$15,646
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027	63	$1,334	13% below the national average	$1,050	$16,587
Baylor Scott And White Medical Center SunnyvaleSunnyvale, TX · CCN 670060	17	$1,334	13% below the national average	$1,015	$21,212
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley, WV · CCN 510070	80	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,053	$7,235
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · CCN 110129	92	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,056	$8,975
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	113	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,038	$8,940
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · CCN 010131	153	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,052	$35,457
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · CCN 340166	36	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,064	$9,068
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · CCN 280013	532	$1,336	13% below the national average	$1,057	$7,603
University Of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS · CCN 250001	329	$1,336	13% below the national average	$1,058	$9,045

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.