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 New Jersey

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Average payment across these 54 hospitals: $1,725National $1,539 · New Jersey $1,725
Median hospital: $1,697
Lowest to highest: $1,558–$1,845
Medicare procedures: 8,474

54 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
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch, NJ · CCN 310075	236	$1,558	About average	$1,210	$7,082
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At RahwayRahway, NJ · CCN 310024	20	$1,562	About average	$1,217	$9,555
Ahs Hospital CorpHackettstown, NJ · CCN 310115	62	$1,580	About average	$1,250	$9,151
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood, NJ · CCN 310084	58	$1,615	About average	$1,282	$8,155
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · CCN 310064	77	$1,634	About average	$1,290	$16,528
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038	251	$1,649	About average	$1,302	$12,516
Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310014	347	$1,650	About average	$1,306	$13,263
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At HamiltonHamilton, NJ · CCN 310110	78	$1,658	About average	$1,317	$9,646
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin, NJ · CCN 310113	81	$1,660	About average	$1,319	$9,516
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · CCN 310060	116	$1,661	About average	$1,323	$20,039
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington, NJ · CCN 310044	91	$1,664	About average	$1,321	$49,385
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, NJ · CCN 310112	250	$1,667	About average	$1,326	$9,406
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville, NJ · CCN 310048	192	$1,667	About average	$1,324	$9,091
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	217	$1,669	About average	$1,328	$8,669
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	251	$1,674	About average	$1,329	$7,265
JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · CCN 310108	177	$1,675	About average	$1,324	$9,981
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point, NJ · CCN 310047	65	$1,677	About average	$1,328	$16,715
Newton Medical CenterNewton, NJ · CCN 310028	82	$1,684	About average	$1,339	$22,542
Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · CCN 310052	294	$1,685	About average	$1,338	$10,221
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ · CCN 310057	74	$1,686	About average	$1,341	$23,247
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees, NJ · CCN 310022	131	$1,687	About average	$1,341	$21,343
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer, NJ · CCN 310069	173	$1,690	About average	$1,341	$12,854
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington, NJ · CCN 310005	99	$1,697	10% above the national average	$1,352	$7,059
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · CCN 310011	60	$1,697	10% above the national average	$1,352	$9,245
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth, NJ · CCN 310027	30	$1,697	10% above the national average	$1,352	$5,890
Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310029	49	$1,697	10% above the national average	$1,352	$22,429
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ · CCN 310061	19	$1,697	10% above the national average	$1,349	$20,018
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland, NJ · CCN 310032	60	$1,697	10% above the national average	$1,348	$11,094
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair, NJ · CCN 310054	72	$1,698	10% above the national average	$1,349	$9,016
CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · CCN 310111	135	$1,704	11% above the national average	$1,352	$8,378
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310070	243	$1,705	11% above the national average	$1,354	$18,458
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune, NJ · CCN 310073	234	$1,707	11% above the national average	$1,355	$10,753
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank, NJ · CCN 310034	373	$1,712	11% above the national average	$1,360	$10,032
University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · CCN 310010	335	$1,712	11% above the national average	$1,360	$15,767
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy, NJ · CCN 310039	41	$1,720	12% above the national average	$1,370	$15,344
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, NJ · CCN 310009	66	$1,720	12% above the national average	$1,366	$8,211
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · CCN 310076	164	$1,733	13% above the national average	$1,378	$12,178
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ · CCN 310002	55	$1,742	13% above the national average	$1,381	$10,029
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood, NJ · CCN 310130	18	$1,742	13% above the national average	$1,388	$12,028
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City, NJ · CCN 310074	43	$1,744	13% above the national average	$1,367	$7,054
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · CCN 310015	721	$1,770	15% above the national average	$1,405	$12,984
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · CCN 310051	299	$1,788	16% above the national average	$1,418	$13,693
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen, NJ · CCN 310003	35	$1,792	16% above the national average	$1,421	$11,873
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains, NJ · CCN 310017	243	$1,807	17% above the national average	$1,434	$17,592
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic, NJ · CCN 310006	48	$1,814	18% above the national average	$1,431	$10,608
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · CCN 310019	67	$1,823	18% above the national average	$1,445	$10,854
The University HospitalNewark, NJ · CCN 310119	37	$1,825	19% above the national average	$1,454	$12,747
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville, NJ · CCN 310050	72	$1,825	19% above the national average	$1,451	$12,982
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	552	$1,825	19% above the national average	$1,445	$11,499
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	366	$1,826	19% above the national average	$1,452	$18,639

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.