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
- $2,141
- Average billed charge
- $21,053
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,817
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1,805 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1,451–1,500. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crouse Hospital | 49 | $2,902 | About average | $2,302 | $9,047 |
| Providence Portland Medical Center | 70 | $2,905 | About average | $2,307 | $13,186 |
| University Medical Center | 37 | $2,906 | About average | $2,304 | $39,163 |
| Community Medical Center | 102 | $2,906 | About average | $2,306 | $12,761 |
| Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center | 18 | $2,909 | About average | $2,278 | $29,833 |
| Mayo Clinic Health System - Fairmont | 11 | $2,913 | About average | $2,321 | $8,644 |
| Kaleida Health | 47 | $2,915 | About average | $2,298 | $10,902 |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center | 37 | $2,917 | About average | $2,311 | $9,307 |
| St Vincent's Medical Center | 43 | $2,918 | About average | $2,313 | $15,936 |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center | 32 | $2,918 | About average | $2,325 | $7,982 |
| West Jersey Hospital | 89 | $2,923 | About average | $2,315 | $28,206 |
| Saint Anne's Hospital | 48 | $2,924 | About average | $2,330 | $8,179 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | 56 | $2,926 | About average | $2,314 | $15,829 |
| St Anthony Hospital | 29 | $2,928 | About average | $2,333 | $29,572 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 42 | $2,928 | About average | $2,330 | $33,395 |
| St Clare Hospital | 27 | $2,928 | About average | $2,329 | $36,453 |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center | 155 | $2,929 | About average | $2,334 | $16,569 |
| University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center | 89 | $2,932 | About average | $2,315 | $28,669 |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill | 56 | $2,932 | About average | $2,328 | $20,231 |
| Alaska Regional Hospital | 11 | $2,933 | About average | $2,337 | $34,270 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center | 69 | $2,933 | About average | $2,337 | $24,464 |
| Northern Westchester Hospital | 42 | $2,939 | About average | $2,282 | $19,245 |
| Havasu Regional Medical Center | 37 | $2,943 | About average | $2,316 | $30,515 |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc | 35 | $2,944 | About average | $2,332 | $12,486 |
| Samaritan Albany General Hospital | 23 | $2,950 | About average | $2,348 | $10,627 |
| Strong Memorial Hospital | 278 | $2,954 | About average | $2,353 | $17,776 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend | 29 | $2,956 | About average | $2,353 | $20,542 |
| Summerlin Hospital Medical Center | 31 | $2,965 | About average | $2,340 | $31,517 |
| Southern Hills Hospital And Medical Center | 28 | $2,966 | About average | $2,344 | $62,210 |
| St Peter's Hospital | 53 | $2,967 | 10% above the national average | $2,354 | $15,731 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | 23 | $2,968 | 10% above the national average | $2,364 | $19,229 |
| Flagstaff Medical Center | 45 | $2,968 | 10% above the national average | $2,364 | $12,603 |
| Verde Valley Medical Center | 32 | $2,968 | 10% above the national average | $2,364 | $10,679 |
| Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center | 70 | $2,968 | 10% above the national average | $2,360 | $11,531 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center | 47 | $2,968 | 10% above the national average | $2,359 | $14,657 |
| CentraState Medical Center | 71 | $2,970 | 10% above the national average | $2,364 | $13,625 |
| North Shore Medical Center - | 30 | $2,971 | 10% above the national average | $2,350 | $6,904 |
| Albany Medical Center Hospital | 116 | $2,971 | 10% above the national average | $2,358 | $16,498 |
| UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital | 38 | $2,971 | 10% above the national average | $2,367 | $7,991 |
| OHSU Hospital And Clinics | 436 | $2,973 | 10% above the national average | $2,367 | $21,685 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 31 | $2,974 | 10% above the national average | $2,353 | $16,112 |
| AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 56 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $21,474 |
| Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell | 54 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $87,209 |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 15 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $13,582 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Hamilton | 17 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $14,930 |
| St Luke's Warren Hospital | 16 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $31,648 |
| Ocean Medical Center | 48 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $16,314 |
| Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | 12 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $28,729 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital | 89 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,370 | $17,066 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | 57 | $2,975 | 10% above the national average | $2,369 | $22,917 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
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| 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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| 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.