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

Hospitals in Texas

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Average payment across these 138 hospitals: $2,511National $2,697 · Texas $2,547
Median hospital: $2,525
Lowest to highest: $1,713–$2,739
Medicare procedures: 6,736

138 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 101–138. 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
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington, TX · CCN 450064	44	$2,565	About average	$2,044	$13,882
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth, TX · CCN 450677	18	$2,565	About average	$2,044	$16,663
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford, TX · CCN 450639	39	$2,565	About average	$2,042	$20,354
Medical City DentonDenton, TX · CCN 450634	35	$2,565	About average	$2,042	$39,351
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth, TX · CCN 670085	15	$2,565	About average	$2,040	$21,692
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound, TX · CCN 670068	34	$2,565	About average	$2,038	$24,648
Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown, TX · CCN 450424	38	$2,566	About average	$2,041	$32,097
Medical City DecaturDecatur, TX · CCN 450271	19	$2,566	About average	$2,031	$38,278
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury, TX · CCN 450596	13	$2,566	About average	$2,031	$35,962
Corpus Christi Medical Center,TheCorpus Christi, TX · CCN 450788	12	$2,569	About average	$2,047	$41,173
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont, TX · CCN 450346	41	$2,573	About average	$2,050	$20,078
Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 670077	77	$2,576	About average	$2,040	$34,738
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene, TX · CCN 450229	103	$2,582	About average	$2,053	$33,501
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450610	46	$2,589	About average	$2,054	$21,166
AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen, TX · CCN 450152	26	$2,593	About average	$2,066	$14,016
Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights, TX · CCN 670080	17	$2,593	About average	$2,059	$9,738
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450193	69	$2,597	About average	$2,069	$31,775
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont, TX · CCN 450034	61	$2,600	About average	$2,060	$12,775
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay, TX · CCN 450709	62	$2,601	About average	$2,065	$31,524
Titus Regional Medical CenterMount Pleasant, TX · CCN 450080	51	$2,602	About average	$2,064	$12,068
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo, TX · CCN 450571	73	$2,612	About average	$2,075	$14,451
Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land, TX · CCN 450820	121	$2,617	About average	$2,081	$29,167
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls, TX · CCN 450010	77	$2,625	About average	$2,083	$18,626
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood, TX · CCN 450775	35	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$46,494
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty, TX · CCN 450847	36	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$23,711
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land, TX · CCN 450848	42	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$22,563
St Luke's The Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands, TX · CCN 450862	23	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$44,817
University Of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston, TX · CCN 450018	56	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$26,486
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital KingwoodKingwood, TX · CCN 670005	15	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$17,015
St Luke's Patients Medical CenterPasadena, TX · CCN 670031	12	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$17,034
Texas Orthopedic HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450804	16	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$34,580
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450844	67	$2,635	About average	$2,099	$34,790
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster, TX · CCN 450617	39	$2,635	About average	$2,096	$58,346
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450068	80	$2,635	About average	$2,096	$31,309
HCA Houston Healthcare TomballTomball, TX · CCN 450670	31	$2,635	About average	$2,096	$41,335
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls, TX · CCN 670108	37	$2,641	About average	$2,104	$15,951
Hendrick Medical Center BrownwoodBrownwood, TX · CCN 450587	17	$2,641	About average	$2,104	$33,207
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis, TX · CCN 450196	25	$2,739	About average	$2,182	$39,087

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.