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 North Carolina

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Average payment across these 69 hospitals: $1,418National $1,539 · North Carolina $1,418
Median hospital: $1,414
Lowest to highest: $1,089–$1,627
Medicare procedures: 9,206

69 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
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · CCN 340109	83	$1,089	29% below the national average	$867	$11,342
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · CCN 340085	24	$1,102	28% below the national average	$861	$9,618
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340073	133	$1,252	19% below the national average	$995	$7,795
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · CCN 340003	36	$1,333	13% below the national average	$1,060	$2,571
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · CCN 340166	36	$1,335	13% below the national average	$1,064	$9,068
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · CCN 340064	36	$1,340	13% below the national average	$1,068	$6,621
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · CCN 340041	56	$1,341	13% below the national average	$1,059	$6,268
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 340002	569	$1,357	12% below the national average	$1,080	$11,331
Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · CCN 340130	39	$1,368	11% below the national average	$1,067	$14,959
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · CCN 340070	86	$1,370	11% below the national average	$1,085	$7,263
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · CCN 340021	68	$1,375	11% below the national average	$1,089	$11,338
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · CCN 340015	71	$1,376	11% below the national average	$1,078	$8,190
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 340040	331	$1,378	10% below the national average	$1,093	$10,360
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · CCN 340017	326	$1,381	10% below the national average	$1,096	$5,910
UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · CCN 340147	134	$1,392	About average	$1,095	$7,342
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · CCN 340096	24	$1,392	About average	$1,089	$5,934
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 340069	52	$1,395	About average	$1,106	$11,142
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · CCN 340023	134	$1,398	About average	$1,111	$6,698
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · CCN 340158	58	$1,399	About average	$1,114	$9,430
Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · CCN 340123	22	$1,402	About average	$1,106	$12,670
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · CCN 340050	66	$1,404	About average	$1,093	$6,534
Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · CCN 340090	113	$1,404	About average	$1,109	$8,568
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 340098	92	$1,406	About average	$1,109	$14,949
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · CCN 340039	59	$1,407	About average	$1,120	$7,752
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 340115	188	$1,409	About average	$1,114	$10,629
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · CCN 340075	94	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$13,008
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · CCN 340068	17	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$14,120
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · CCN 340184	46	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$16,720
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · CCN 340132	57	$1,411	About average	$1,124	$13,316
Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · CCN 340016	54	$1,411	About average	$1,121	$17,249
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · CCN 340071	39	$1,411	About average	$1,118	$7,529
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · CCN 340097	40	$1,411	About average	$1,110	$3,778
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · CCN 340028	160	$1,412	About average	$1,118	$9,650
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · CCN 340004	42	$1,413	About average	$1,118	$9,571
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · CCN 340145	81	$1,414	About average	$1,115	$9,779
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · CCN 340032	191	$1,414	About average	$1,117	$8,968
Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · CCN 340113	342	$1,416	About average	$1,120	$14,072
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340114	273	$1,420	About average	$1,125	$5,701
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 340001	222	$1,420	About average	$1,122	$11,661
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340143	180	$1,421	About average	$1,128	$10,889
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · CCN 340129	65	$1,421	About average	$1,120	$17,112
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	879	$1,422	About average	$1,126	$8,020
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047	380	$1,425	About average	$1,125	$11,751
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 340091	128	$1,427	About average	$1,128	$9,084
WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · CCN 340173	83	$1,429	About average	$1,129	$11,478
Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · CCN 340126	73	$1,430	About average	$1,136	$12,782
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	216	$1,431	About average	$1,135	$12,655
Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · CCN 340020	18	$1,434	About average	$1,142	$16,184
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · CCN 340142	101	$1,438	About average	$1,139	$6,491
UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · CCN 340061	495	$1,439	About average	$1,137	$7,469

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.