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 Georgia

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Average payment across these 70 hospitals: $1,428National $1,539 · Georgia $1,428
Median hospital: $1,448
Lowest to highest: $876–$1,505
Medicare procedures: 8,372

70 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. 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
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville, GA · CCN 110150	15	$876	43% below the national average	$692	$5,347
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110229	135	$1,083	30% below the national average	$863	$12,941
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · CCN 110064	155	$1,300	15% below the national average	$1,020	$12,348
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	81	$1,323	14% below the national average	$1,048	$9,587
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	144	$1,330	14% below the national average	$1,051	$10,020
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · CCN 110129	92	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,056	$8,975
Coliseum Medical CentersMacon, GA · CCN 110164	84	$1,353	12% below the national average	$1,064	$12,093
Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · CCN 110024	428	$1,355	12% below the national average	$1,075	$10,212
SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · CCN 110122	236	$1,357	12% below the national average	$1,077	$8,075
Crisp Regional HospitalCordele, GA · CCN 110104	11	$1,361	12% below the national average	$1,063	$6,075
Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · CCN 110034	133	$1,366	11% below the national average	$1,086	$11,267
Stephens County HospitalToccoa, GA · CCN 110032	62	$1,370	11% below the national average	$1,089	$6,346
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · CCN 110095	57	$1,370	11% below the national average	$1,087	$10,811
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · CCN 110036	158	$1,371	11% below the national average	$1,084	$15,998
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110177	162	$1,372	11% below the national average	$1,090	$29,332
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus, GA · CCN 110044	13	$1,377	11% below the national average	$1,097	$7,804
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville, GA · CCN 110038	86	$1,377	11% below the national average	$1,094	$6,611
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · CCN 110069	82	$1,385	10% below the national average	$1,102	$8,289
Fairview Park HospitalDublin, GA · CCN 110125	45	$1,400	About average	$1,102	$26,404
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	285	$1,406	About average	$1,109	$14,806
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · CCN 110030	70	$1,409	About average	$1,103	$19,914
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · CCN 110107	212	$1,411	About average	$1,117	$9,867
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110082	123	$1,415	About average	$1,115	$7,926
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · CCN 110054	135	$1,421	About average	$1,123	$19,251
AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · CCN 110168	39	$1,428	About average	$1,128	$23,369
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · CCN 110105	31	$1,430	About average	$1,132	$7,942
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	61	$1,431	About average	$1,127	$15,968
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica, GA · CCN 110015	14	$1,433	About average	$1,113	$9,884
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · CCN 110002	11	$1,439	About average	$1,147	$13,072
Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · CCN 110045	19	$1,442	About average	$1,136	$12,269
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys, GA · CCN 110146	41	$1,444	About average	$1,140	$6,125
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · CCN 110128	49	$1,444	About average	$1,142	$12,122
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	446	$1,445	About average	$1,142	$14,238
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · CCN 110143	85	$1,445	About average	$1,141	$19,069
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · CCN 110001	120	$1,446	About average	$1,144	$9,119
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin, GA · CCN 110031	44	$1,450	About average	$1,144	$16,907
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	192	$1,451	About average	$1,146	$5,793
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · CCN 110018	75	$1,453	About average	$1,151	$11,542
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · CCN 110191	122	$1,456	About average	$1,148	$14,979
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	400	$1,457	About average	$1,154	$12,072
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · CCN 110016	44	$1,458	About average	$1,161	$18,192
St Mary's HospitalAthens, GA · CCN 110006	117	$1,458	About average	$1,153	$10,285
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	341	$1,463	About average	$1,157	$15,570
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas, GA · CCN 110089	34	$1,463	About average	$1,152	$9,684
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	256	$1,466	About average	$1,163	$19,823
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	32	$1,467	About average	$1,161	$17,938
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 110075	42	$1,468	About average	$1,169	$14,779
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	38	$1,468	About average	$1,169	$5,685
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup, GA · CCN 110124	23	$1,468	About average	$1,169	$10,944
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	155	$1,469	About average	$1,163	$13,385

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.