Outpatient procedure · APC 5073 · Surgery or procedure

Level 3 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,697 per procedure at 1,817 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,447 and $2,771.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,697
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,447–$2,771
Medicare’s share: $2,14179% of the payment
Average billed charge: $21,053
Hospitals reporting: 1,817127,975 procedures

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1,805 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 651–700. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 3 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Texoma Medical CenterDenison, TX · CCN 450324	85	$2,509	About average	$1,989	$23,123
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth, TX · CCN 450779	37	$2,510	About average	$1,989	$16,939
Mease Countryside HospitalSafety Harbor, FL · CCN 100265	31	$2,510	About average	$1,984	$23,588
Sacred Heart HospitalPensacola, FL · CCN 100025	113	$2,510	About average	$1,995	$16,773
Doctors HospitalColumbus, OH · CCN 360152	32	$2,511	About average	$2,001	$20,764
LDS HospitalSalt Lake City, UT · CCN 460006	122	$2,512	About average	$1,991	$21,047
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · CCN 250004	185	$2,513	About average	$1,988	$15,060
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA · CCN 390001	62	$2,513	About average	$2,003	$32,451
Delta Health System - The Medical CenterGreenville, MS · CCN 250082	22	$2,514	About average	$2,003	$11,048
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · CCN 340013	12	$2,515	About average	$1,976	$33,375
Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340155	127	$2,515	About average	$1,994	$16,702
Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · CCN 320017	11	$2,515	About average	$2,004	$37,490
University Of Utah Hospital And ClinicsSalt Lake City, UT · CCN 460009 · +$180 outlier payments per case	566	$2,515	About average	$2,000	$12,018
Baylor Medical Center At Trophy ClubTrophy Club, TX · CCN 450883	14	$2,515	About average	$2,004	$15,699
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · CCN 390256 · +$588 outlier payments per case	216	$2,516	About average	$1,999	$31,495
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way, WA · CCN 500141	12	$2,517	About average	$1,919	$32,821
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston, TX · CCN 450184	150	$2,517	About average	$2,000	$25,858
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · CCN 390100	180	$2,517	About average	$2,001	$14,778
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano, TX · CCN 450771	51	$2,517	About average	$1,997	$23,422
Javon Bea HospitalRockford, IL · CCN 140239	29	$2,517	About average	$2,006	$16,497
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus, OH · CCN 360006	89	$2,518	About average	$1,999	$20,204
Good Samaritan Medical CenterWest Palm Beach, FL · CCN 100287	37	$2,518	About average	$1,995	$63,385
Wyandotte Hospital And Medical CenterWyandotte, MI · CCN 230146	19	$2,519	About average	$2,003	$10,442
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · CCN 010092	57	$2,519	About average	$1,991	$12,516
Memorial Hospital Of South BendSouth Bend, IN · CCN 150058	45	$2,519	About average	$1,995	$12,352
Shands JacksonvilleJacksonville, FL · CCN 100001	72	$2,519	About average	$1,994	$27,681
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit, WI · CCN 520206	29	$2,520	About average	$1,988	$12,639
Northeastern Health SystemTahlequah, OK · CCN 370089	32	$2,520	About average	$1,995	$10,369
Genesis Medical CenterSilvis, IL · CCN 140275	20	$2,522	About average	$1,978	$7,407
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering, OH · CCN 360079	74	$2,523	About average	$2,003	$30,384
Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands, TX · CCN 670122	86	$2,525	About average	$2,001	$30,785
Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston, FL · CCN 100289	125	$2,525	About average	$2,000	$10,318
Chippewa County War Memorial HospitalSault Ste Marie, MI · CCN 230239	21	$2,525	About average	$2,012	$5,591
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia, IL · CCN 140034	26	$2,525	About average	$2,012	$19,017
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco, TX · CCN 450101	63	$2,526	About average	$2,006	$16,229
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston, PA · CCN 390326	41	$2,527	About average	$2,013	$39,797
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · CCN 340008	17	$2,527	About average	$2,013	$21,056
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield, WI · CCN 520037	47	$2,527	About average	$1,985	$8,125
National Park Medical CenterHot Springs, AR · CCN 040078	25	$2,527	About average	$1,996	$33,354
Ascension St Vincent's RiversideJacksonville, FL · CCN 100040	44	$2,527	About average	$2,002	$28,078
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview, TX · CCN 450032	42	$2,528	About average	$2,014	$25,874
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview, TX · CCN 450702	28	$2,528	About average	$2,010	$46,860
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047	251	$2,528	About average	$2,003	$20,367
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City, MO · CCN 260023	20	$2,529	About average	$2,015	$11,010
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington, MO · CCN 260052	38	$2,529	About average	$2,011	$10,514
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260077	72	$2,529	About average	$2,007	$10,330
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters, MO · CCN 260191	16	$2,529	About average	$2,003	$13,621
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas, TX · CCN 450462	92	$2,529	About average	$2,013	$18,295
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · CCN 390006	230	$2,529	About average	$2,011	$40,016
UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas, TX · CCN 450044 · +$936 outlier payments per case	578	$2,530	About average	$2,010	$28,289

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 106,922 procedures at 1,860 hospitals · 2021: 123,022 procedures at 1,948 hospitals · 2022: 122,225 procedures at 1,903 hospitals · 2023: 125,802 procedures at 1,885 hospitals · 2024: 127,975 procedures at 1,817 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 3 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,301	$17K
2021	$2,361	$17K
2022	$2,398	$18K
2023	$2,541	$20K
2024	$2,697	$21K

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 3 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and Drainage, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	382	$1,465	$1,293–$1,763
Mississippi	25	1,268	$2,267	$2,270–$2,367
Tennessee	38	2,526	$2,308	$2,275–$2,432
West Virginia	17	869	$2,309	$2,192–$2,377
Oklahoma	29	1,799	$2,315	$2,319–$2,448
Alabama	28	1,158	$2,326	$2,291–$2,366
Maine	11	456	$2,354	$2,391–$2,641
Louisiana	31	1,608	$2,364	$2,329–$2,393
Ohio	85	5,215	$2,383	$2,374–$2,487
South Carolina	36	2,756	$2,407	$2,374–$2,451
Arkansas	21	2,489	$2,409	$2,397–$2,567
Kentucky	33	1,789	$2,415	$2,379–$2,461
Missouri	43	2,634	$2,442	$2,415–$2,529
Iowa	22	1,352	$2,447	$2,399–$2,544
Nebraska	17	972	$2,459	$2,376–$2,622
Kansas	29	2,199	$2,467	$2,426–$2,598
Michigan	58	3,218	$2,475	$2,426–$2,532
North Carolina	51	3,802	$2,479	$2,441–$2,552
Georgia	51	3,560	$2,501	$2,419–$2,613
Virginia	49	3,965	$2,525	$2,436–$2,652
Florida	112	9,136	$2,534	$2,548–$2,574
Utah	10	1,090	$2,538	$2,507–$2,545
Indiana	57	2,874	$2,539	$2,533–$2,589
New Mexico	11	535	$2,543	$2,445–$2,583
Texas	140	10,063	$2,547	$2,466–$2,565
Illinois	75	4,835	$2,553	$2,568–$2,698
Pennsylvania	96	6,023	$2,581	$2,503–$2,689
Wisconsin	46	2,828	$2,589	$2,542–$2,651
Idaho	14	848	$2,601	$2,557–$2,670
South Dakota	11	1,117	$2,678	$2,656–$2,834
North Dakota	6	719	$2,693	$2,652–$2,781
Colorado	37	1,949	$2,693	$2,674–$2,705
Rhode Island	6	256	$2,698	$2,533–$2,847
Montana	10	674	$2,710	$2,620–$2,822
New Hampshire	10	740	$2,742	$2,714–$2,775
Arizona	39	3,094	$2,755	$2,771–$2,771
Minnesota	38	3,594	$2,766	$2,640–$2,790
Delaware	5	389	$2,804	$2,818–$2,851
Wyoming	5	115	$2,806	$2,798–$2,853
District of Columbia	4	388	$2,850	$2,804–$2,865
Washington	36	2,835	$2,906	$2,851–$2,941
Nevada	13	549	$2,993	$2,909–$3,043
New Jersey	40	2,402	$3,013	$2,960–$3,037
Massachusetts	44	4,841	$3,020	$2,992–$3,052
Alaska	5	196	$3,026	$2,933–$3,084
Oregon	22	1,322	$3,054	$2,916–$3,000
Connecticut	20	1,467	$3,085	$2,999–$3,174
New York	79	8,038	$3,127	$2,981–$3,183
Hawaii	9	290	$3,259	$3,259–$3,332
California	138	10,751	$3,587	$3,467–$3,705

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.