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 York

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Average payment across these 111 hospitals: $1,759National $1,539 · New York $1,771
Median hospital: $1,782
Lowest to highest: $1,243–$1,878
Medicare procedures: 16,176

111 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
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston, NY · CCN 330188	13	$1,243	19% below the national average	$990	$4,032
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia, NY · CCN 330073	13	$1,428	About average	$1,138	$5,717
John T Mather Memorial Hospital Of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson, NY · CCN 330185	375	$1,562	About average	$1,194	$10,629
St John's Episcopal Hospital At South ShoreFar Rockaway, NY · CCN 330395	23	$1,573	About average	$1,227	$6,107
Rochester General HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330125	127	$1,602	About average	$1,266	$8,568
Wynn HospitalUtica, NY · CCN 330044	156	$1,610	About average	$1,277	$16,126
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead, NY · CCN 330107	74	$1,631	About average	$1,263	$16,774
Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton, NY · CCN 330011	130	$1,632	About average	$1,298	$7,683
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo, NY · CCN 330219	96	$1,638	About average	$1,285	$9,695
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalDansville, NY · CCN 330238	47	$1,642	About average	$1,291	$6,320
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330285	244	$1,645	About average	$1,305	$10,533
Huntington HospitalHuntington, NY · CCN 330045	120	$1,648	About average	$1,281	$11,031
Oneida Health HospitalOneida, NY · CCN 330115	82	$1,656	About average	$1,312	$6,755
Mercy Hospital Of BuffaloBuffalo, NY · CCN 330279	23	$1,659	About average	$1,310	$5,459
Nathan Littauer HospitalGloversville, NY · CCN 330276	22	$1,660	About average	$1,305	$4,832
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua, NY · CCN 330074	71	$1,661	About average	$1,308	$5,281
UPMC ChautauquaJamestown, NY · CCN 330239	70	$1,663	About average	$1,315	$5,987
Geneva General HospitalGeneva, NY · CCN 330058	31	$1,664	About average	$1,318	$4,890
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany, NY · CCN 330013	294	$1,664	About average	$1,324	$8,171
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse, NY · CCN 330140	210	$1,667	About average	$1,315	$6,982
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam, NY · CCN 330197	171	$1,672	About average	$1,322	$4,337
Hospital For Special SurgeryNew York, NY · CCN 330270	28	$1,673	About average	$1,311	$20,760
Crouse HospitalSyracuse, NY · CCN 330203	220	$1,675	About average	$1,325	$5,746
Corning HospitalCorning, NY · CCN 330277	95	$1,676	About average	$1,323	$10,048
Kaleida HealthBuffalo, NY · CCN 330005	119	$1,678	About average	$1,333	$6,698
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam, NY · CCN 330047	47	$1,690	About average	$1,339	$4,264
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse, NY · CCN 330241 · +$281 outlier payments per case	326	$1,693	10% above the national average	$1,343	$13,004
St Peter's HospitalAlbany, NY · CCN 330057	264	$1,695	10% above the national average	$1,345	$6,630
Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg, NY · CCN 330211	26	$1,700	10% above the national average	$1,348	$3,716
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira, NY · CCN 330090	89	$1,704	11% above the national average	$1,352	$5,518
Ellis HospitalSchenectady, NY · CCN 330153	89	$1,704	11% above the national average	$1,351	$8,192
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs, NY · CCN 330222	204	$1,706	11% above the national average	$1,355	$9,276
Samaritan Hospital Of Troy, New YorkTroy, NY · CCN 330180	186	$1,712	11% above the national average	$1,361	$7,407
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton, NY · CCN 330394	218	$1,713	11% above the national average	$1,361	$7,927
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn, NY · CCN 330202	13	$1,717	12% above the national average	$1,340	$8,025
Unity HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330226	33	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,370	$9,848
Clifton Springs Hospital And ClinicClifton Springs, NY · CCN 330265	20	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,370	$7,352
Sisters Of Charity HospitalBuffalo, NY · CCN 330078	21	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,370	$5,241
Highland HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330164	102	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,368	$6,977
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome, NY · CCN 330215	50	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,366	$5,824
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson, NY · CCN 330094	103	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,364	$6,239
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls, NY · CCN 330191	201	$1,719	12% above the national average	$1,364	$5,274
Southside HospitalBay Shore, NY · CCN 330043	56	$1,721	12% above the national average	$1,350	$13,448
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NY · CCN 330195	228	$1,724	12% above the national average	$1,359	$17,528
HealthAlliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston, NY · CCN 330224	46	$1,734	13% above the national average	$1,374	$7,311
Plainview HospitalPlainview, NY · CCN 330331	67	$1,736	13% above the national average	$1,363	$12,054
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco, NY · CCN 330162	187	$1,738	13% above the national average	$1,361	$10,275
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx, NY · CCN 330080	12	$1,753	14% above the national average	$1,361	$6,632
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove, NY · CCN 330181	20	$1,754	14% above the national average	$1,383	$17,948
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie, NY · CCN 330023	245	$1,755	14% above the national average	$1,385	$7,287

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.