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 Nebraska

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Average payment across these 21 hospitals: $1,404National $1,539 · Nebraska $1,404
Median hospital: $1,452
Lowest to highest: $909–$1,549
Medicare procedures: 2,935

21 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
Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · CCN 280032	74	$909	41% below the national average	$724	$6,882
Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · CCN 280003	397	$1,320	14% below the national average	$1,047	$9,333
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · CCN 280013	532	$1,336	13% below the national average	$1,057	$7,603
Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE · CCN 280134	143	$1,373	11% below the national average	$1,092	$10,122
CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · CCN 280020	62	$1,429	About average	$1,131	$7,172
CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · CCN 280130	173	$1,438	About average	$1,132	$9,267
CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · CCN 280060	107	$1,439	About average	$1,138	$10,355
The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · CCN 280040	322	$1,442	About average	$1,145	$8,527
Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · CCN 280132	104	$1,443	About average	$1,145	$7,783
CHI Health Nebraska HeartLincoln, NE · CCN 280128	23	$1,448	About average	$1,153	$9,202
CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · CCN 280009	147	$1,452	About average	$1,147	$9,821
CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · CCN 280105	14	$1,461	About average	$1,164	$9,526
Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE · CCN 280129	13	$1,461	About average	$1,164	$4,598
CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · CCN 280081	50	$1,461	About average	$1,158	$8,811
Faith HealthNorfolk, NE · CCN 280125	130	$1,466	About average	$1,161	$8,420
CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · CCN 280023	98	$1,478	About average	$1,164	$8,226
Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · CCN 280061	176	$1,483	About average	$1,169	$10,314
Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · CCN 280139	78	$1,488	About average	$1,182	$7,619
Columbus Community Hospital, IncColumbus, NE · CCN 280111	47	$1,496	About average	$1,192	$8,354
Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · CCN 280077	74	$1,501	About average	$1,192	$10,428
Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · CCN 280065	171	$1,549	About average	$1,231	$10,477

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.