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 Connecticut

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Average payment across these 25 hospitals: $1,776National $1,539 · Connecticut $1,776
Median hospital: $1,797
Lowest to highest: $1,248–$1,937
Medicare procedures: 3,630

25 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. 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
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · CCN 070034	130	$1,248	19% below the national average	$987	$11,852
Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · CCN 070011	102	$1,601	About average	$1,265	$5,914
Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · CCN 070005	53	$1,747	14% above the national average	$1,386	$19,757
Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · CCN 070025	177	$1,752	14% above the national average	$1,383	$9,172
Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · CCN 070021	28	$1,757	14% above the national average	$1,383	$9,340
William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · CCN 070024	159	$1,778	16% above the national average	$1,410	$8,521
Rockville General HospitalVernon, CT · CCN 070012	37	$1,779	16% above the national average	$1,407	$7,953
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · CCN 070007	157	$1,781	16% above the national average	$1,412	$8,186
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · CCN 070018	186	$1,782	16% above the national average	$1,411	$9,030
Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · CCN 070029	69	$1,788	16% above the national average	$1,416	$9,969
MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · CCN 070017	113	$1,796	17% above the national average	$1,428	$9,360
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · CCN 070016	80	$1,797	17% above the national average	$1,427	$8,718
The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · CCN 070035	119	$1,797	17% above the national average	$1,424	$7,793
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · CCN 070028	88	$1,797	17% above the national average	$1,426	$11,409
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · CCN 070020	164	$1,801	17% above the national average	$1,427	$8,125
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · CCN 070002	149	$1,803	17% above the national average	$1,434	$11,458
Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · CCN 070027	68	$1,809	18% above the national average	$1,440	$12,224
John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · CCN 070036	109	$1,809	18% above the national average	$1,439	$10,191
Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · CCN 070003	65	$1,809	18% above the national average	$1,437	$6,056
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · CCN 070022	590	$1,810	18% above the national average	$1,437	$9,987
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · CCN 070010	204	$1,819	18% above the national average	$1,447	$9,205
Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · CCN 070006	482	$1,819	18% above the national average	$1,447	$13,714
Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · CCN 070033	227	$1,822	18% above the national average	$1,450	$12,014
Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · CCN 070031	48	$1,826	19% above the national average	$1,453	$9,684
Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · CCN 070004	26	$1,937	26% above the national average	$1,522	$5,636

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.