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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 Colorado

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
Colorado
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment across these 42 hospitals
$1,548National $1,539 · Colorado $1,548
Median hospital
$1,543
Lowest to highest
$1,449–$1,653
Medicare procedures
4,089

42 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Longs Peak HospitalLongmont, CO · CCN 06012878$1,449About average$1,143$12,476
AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · CCN 06012528$1,488About average$1,184$14,006
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland CampusLoveland, CO · CCN 06003033$1,506About average$1,192$9,776
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South HospitalAurora, CO · CCN 06010067$1,507About average$1,186$29,822
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster, CO · CCN 06010470$1,513About average$1,202$12,817
Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, CO · CCN 06003453$1,514About average$1,206$32,858
Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton, CO · CCN 06000443$1,515About average$1,201$10,171
Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, CO · CCN 06011652$1,520About average$1,202$12,453
AdventHealth ParkerParker, CO · CCN 06011483$1,522About average$1,208$12,023
Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley, CO · CCN 06000146$1,523About average$1,208$10,771
Longmont United HospitalLongmont, CO · CCN 06000358$1,524About average$1,207$13,381
AdventHealth PorterDenver, CO · CCN 06006460$1,525About average$1,211$12,663
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge, CO · CCN 06000989$1,526About average$1,215$13,344
UCH-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs, CO · CCN 060022317$1,528About average$1,211$13,231
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins, CO · CCN 060010332$1,529About average$1,213$10,354
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo, CO · CCN 060020100$1,531About average$1,216$12,778
University Of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora, CO · CCN 060024602$1,533About average$1,219$12,581
Boulder Community HealthBoulder, CO · CCN 060027208$1,534About average$1,219$13,617
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood, CO · CCN 060015129$1,535About average$1,220$13,580
UCHealth Greeley HospitalGreeley, CO · CCN 060131114$1,540About average$1,220$10,337
Community HospitalGrand Junction, CO · CCN 060054103$1,543About average$1,230$14,566
HCA Healthone Mountain RidgeThornton, CO · CCN 06006520$1,543About average$1,230$39,543
UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO · CCN 06013280$1,543About average$1,230$14,935
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton, CO · CCN 06011352$1,543About average$1,229$11,442
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs, CO · CCN 060031131$1,543About average$1,229$14,088
HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. LukesDenver, CO · CCN 06001488$1,543About average$1,228$31,491
Medical Center Of The RockiesLoveland, CO · CCN 06011965$1,543About average$1,227$12,623
St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo, CO · CCN 06001275$1,543About average$1,227$13,535
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree, CO · CCN 06011257$1,543About average$1,226$38,951
Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver, CO · CCN 06001158$1,543About average$1,226$5,840
HCA Healthone RoseDenver, CO · CCN 06003298$1,543About average$1,225$28,034
Saint Joseph HospitalDenver, CO · CCN 06002863$1,544About average$1,223$13,892
AdventHealth AvistaLouisville, CO · CCN 06010335$1,544About average$1,221$12,260
Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs, CO · CCN 06007554$1,634About average$1,297$9,194
Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango, CO · CCN 060013105$1,637About average$1,300$15,705
Sterling Regional MedCenterSterling, CO · CCN 06007617$1,653About average$1,317$8,543
San Luis Valley Regional Medical CenterAlamosa, CO · CCN 06000842$1,653About average$1,317$6,469
Montrose Regional HealthMontrose, CO · CCN 06000641$1,653About average$1,315$8,108
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical CenterSteamboat Springs, CO · CCN 06004961$1,653About average$1,315$7,186
Vail Health HospitalVail, CO · CCN 06009641$1,653About average$1,314$7,538
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction, CO · CCN 060023186$1,653About average$1,314$10,031
Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta, CO · CCN 06007155$1,653About average$1,311$4,834

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
Year of careAverage paymentAverage 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
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Vermont61,080$787$666–$851
Alabama454,814$1,321$1,281–$1,347
Tennessee536,148$1,324$1,322–$1,384
West Virginia212,823$1,328$1,309–$1,374
Mississippi363,960$1,340$1,314–$1,355
Louisiana464,679$1,344$1,333–$1,362
Ohio10714,062$1,349$1,354–$1,409
Oklahoma394,483$1,355$1,368–$1,463
Arkansas273,570$1,359$1,333–$1,450
South Carolina437,381$1,374$1,359–$1,399
Kentucky465,518$1,389$1,360–$1,407
Missouri597,560$1,394$1,385–$1,460
Kansas313,743$1,394$1,383–$1,443
Nebraska212,935$1,404$1,438–$1,478
Virginia609,999$1,410$1,381–$1,499
Iowa254,141$1,414$1,385–$1,461
North Carolina699,206$1,418$1,398–$1,442
Indiana698,494$1,422$1,431–$1,472
Michigan779,509$1,425$1,406–$1,474
Georgia718,386$1,428$1,392–$1,472
New Mexico151,273$1,428$1,393–$1,506
New Hampshire132,357$1,430$1,489–$1,566
Texas16820,036$1,441$1,407–$1,464
Florida14620,444$1,444$1,441–$1,469
Utah212,407$1,451$1,425–$1,453
Maine151,585$1,455$1,403–$1,503
Pennsylvania11415,588$1,478$1,428–$1,551
Wisconsin566,950$1,480$1,451–$1,504
Idaho132,029$1,484$1,418–$1,523
Illinois9515,195$1,493$1,475–$1,539
South Dakota122,368$1,526$1,520–$1,622
Montana101,708$1,536$1,504–$1,598
North Dakota61,934$1,539$1,516–$1,570
Colorado424,089$1,548$1,525–$1,544
Minnesota417,162$1,567$1,520–$1,571
Arizona416,071$1,584$1,562–$1,581
Wyoming8471$1,612$1,607–$1,628
Delaware61,585$1,613$1,613–$1,614
District of Columbia51,304$1,625$1,618–$1,647
Rhode Island10987$1,631$1,627–$1,645
Washington456,327$1,656$1,617–$1,705
Alaska6733$1,706$1,683–$1,769
Massachusetts5213,195$1,724$1,723–$1,741
Nevada171,295$1,725$1,700–$1,736
New Jersey548,474$1,725$1,671–$1,764
Oregon283,266$1,747$1,668–$1,722
New York11320,231$1,771$1,700–$1,827
Connecticut253,630$1,776$1,779–$1,809
Hawaii11983$1,804$1,801–$1,898
California19027,687$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.