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 Iowa

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Average payment across these 25 hospitals: $1,414National $1,539 · Iowa $1,414
Median hospital: $1,389
Lowest to highest: $1,348–$1,561
Medicare procedures: 4,141

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
Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · CCN 160104	27	$1,348	12% below the national average	$1,061	$7,834
Allen HospitalWaterloo, IA · CCN 160110	248	$1,353	12% below the national average	$1,074	$5,648
Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · CCN 160033	331	$1,369	11% below the national average	$1,084	$4,935
MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · CCN 160083	249	$1,374	11% below the national average	$1,091	$10,086
St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · CCN 160146	92	$1,379	10% below the national average	$1,094	$5,771
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids, IA · CCN 160079	286	$1,384	10% below the national average	$1,101	$6,418
Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · CCN 160030	260	$1,385	About average	$1,100	$6,565
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · CCN 160082	463	$1,386	About average	$1,101	$8,635
Finley HospitalDubuque, IA · CCN 160117	60	$1,387	About average	$1,105	$7,379
Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · CCN 160124	17	$1,387	About average	$1,105	$3,796
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · CCN 160112	58	$1,387	About average	$1,105	$6,693
MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · CCN 160067	122	$1,387	About average	$1,103	$14,458
St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids, IA · CCN 160045	203	$1,389	About average	$1,102	$7,073
Broadlawns Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · CCN 160101	41	$1,392	About average	$1,109	$8,400
CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · CCN 160028	39	$1,414	About average	$1,110	$10,122
University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · CCN 160058	670	$1,415	About average	$1,122	$9,430
University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City, IA · CCN 160029	53	$1,447	About average	$1,146	$11,399
Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · CCN 160047	95	$1,461	About average	$1,163	$8,256
MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · CCN 160153	52	$1,461	About average	$1,160	$7,293
MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · CCN 160069	152	$1,463	About average	$1,161	$8,770
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · CCN 160057	158	$1,478	About average	$1,177	$5,385
Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA · CCN 160016	40	$1,485	About average	$1,179	$5,958
MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · CCN 160080	50	$1,485	About average	$1,178	$9,893
UnityPoint Health - MarshalltownMarshalltown, IA · CCN 160001	34	$1,490	About average	$1,186	$7,082
MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · CCN 160064	341	$1,561	About average	$1,241	$9,785

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.