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 Alabama

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Average payment across these 28 hospitals: $2,326National $2,697 · Alabama $2,326
Median hospital: $2,340
Lowest to highest: $1,942–$2,591
Medicare procedures: 1,158

28 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. 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
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman, AL · CCN 010035	23	$1,942	28% below the national average	$1,511	$6,989
Athens Limestone HospitalAthens, AL · CCN 010079	24	$1,977	27% below the national average	$1,575	$12,427
Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · CCN 010016	18	$2,162	20% below the national average	$1,680	$25,997
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010139	35	$2,210	18% below the national average	$1,728	$45,496
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010113	55	$2,211	18% below the national average	$1,741	$6,852
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · CCN 010056	42	$2,287	15% below the national average	$1,804	$18,145
Thomas HospitalFairhope, AL · CCN 010100	24	$2,289	15% below the national average	$1,808	$9,060
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery, AL · CCN 010023	55	$2,292	15% below the national average	$1,818	$12,604
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · CCN 010131	44	$2,299	15% below the national average	$1,818	$47,550
USA Health University HospitalMobile, AL · CCN 010087	34	$2,305	15% below the national average	$1,826	$9,712
Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · CCN 010083	33	$2,310	14% below the national average	$1,828	$53,122
D W McMillan Memorial HospitalBrewton, AL · CCN 010099	13	$2,328	14% below the national average	$1,847	$3,825
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · CCN 010104	50	$2,329	14% below the national average	$1,845	$75,256
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan, AL · CCN 010001	42	$2,337	13% below the national average	$1,854	$18,613
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur, AL · CCN 010085	33	$2,342	13% below the national average	$1,854	$9,709
Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery, AL · CCN 010149	28	$2,343	13% below the national average	$1,864	$13,031
University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033	199	$2,344	13% below the national average	$1,862	$20,380
Flowers HospitalDothan, AL · CCN 010055	39	$2,349	13% below the national average	$1,853	$39,340
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz, AL · CCN 010005	28	$2,356	13% below the national average	$1,877	$6,514
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · CCN 010040	24	$2,356	13% below the national average	$1,869	$58,205
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville, AL · CCN 010039	149	$2,364	12% below the national average	$1,875	$25,154
Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · CCN 010114	11	$2,372	12% below the national average	$1,890	$12,248
Callahan Eye HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010018	14	$2,372	12% below the national average	$1,887	$11,783
USA Health Children's & Women's HospitalMobile, AL · CCN 013301	27	$2,416	10% below the national average	$1,925	$8,559
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika, AL · CCN 010029	27	$2,422	10% below the national average	$1,913	$10,293
DeKalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · CCN 010012	16	$2,493	About average	$1,986	$17,608
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · CCN 010092	57	$2,519	About average	$1,991	$12,516
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston, AL · CCN 010078	14	$2,591	About average	$2,064	$40,118

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.