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 Georgia

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Average payment across these 51 hospitals: $2,501National $2,697 · Georgia $2,501
Median hospital: $2,559
Lowest to highest: $1,607–$2,675
Medicare procedures: 3,560

51 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. 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
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · CCN 110143	128	$1,607	40% below the national average	$1,276	$14,631
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	36	$2,041	24% below the national average	$1,627	$16,553
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	37	$2,184	19% below the national average	$1,708	$15,697
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · CCN 110069	44	$2,295	15% below the national average	$1,801	$23,888
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · CCN 110036	30	$2,311	14% below the national average	$1,822	$27,539
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · CCN 110129	21	$2,321	14% below the national average	$1,824	$17,547
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · CCN 110064	104	$2,365	12% below the national average	$1,875	$22,146
Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · CCN 110034	104	$2,370	12% below the national average	$1,879	$28,315
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · CCN 110095	34	$2,378	12% below the national average	$1,876	$18,674
Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · CCN 110024	81	$2,380	12% below the national average	$1,887	$19,248
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110177	41	$2,384	12% below the national average	$1,896	$35,885
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110229	57	$2,387	11% below the national average	$1,902	$23,089
SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · CCN 110122	42	$2,402	11% below the national average	$1,914	$19,672
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville, GA · CCN 110038	37	$2,436	About average	$1,938	$7,909
Coliseum Medical CentersMacon, GA · CCN 110164	13	$2,440	About average	$1,928	$26,730
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	76	$2,471	About average	$1,954	$30,586
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	82	$2,474	About average	$1,958	$29,908
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · CCN 110018	13	$2,475	About average	$1,939	$13,891
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · CCN 110054	23	$2,501	About average	$1,974	$36,206
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · CCN 110107	55	$2,504	About average	$1,986	$14,778
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	174	$2,532	About average	$2,004	$27,221
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	218	$2,543	About average	$2,017	$36,998
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	25	$2,553	About average	$2,017	$24,765
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · CCN 110215	102	$2,555	About average	$2,016	$23,504
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · CCN 110030	50	$2,557	About average	$2,017	$32,745
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · CCN 110042	27	$2,559	About average	$2,023	$29,231
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	167	$2,561	About average	$2,030	$37,522
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 110075	12	$2,572	About average	$2,049	$35,018
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	17	$2,572	About average	$2,049	$14,868
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	73	$2,580	About average	$2,046	$9,912
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · CCN 110005	198	$2,584	About average	$2,047	$36,815
St Mary's HospitalAthens, GA · CCN 110006	26	$2,591	About average	$2,064	$20,740
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · CCN 110001	57	$2,591	About average	$2,064	$11,384
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	19	$2,591	About average	$2,059	$26,766
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · CCN 110016	12	$2,591	About average	$2,057	$24,353
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	105	$2,592	About average	$2,065	$29,715
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · CCN 110191	49	$2,594	About average	$2,058	$29,566
Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110010	595	$2,607	About average	$2,071	$19,021
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · CCN 110078 · +$1,002 outlier payments per case	122	$2,620	About average	$2,084	$22,171
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110079	23	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$44,312
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville, GA · CCN 110192	26	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$30,215
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110233	25	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$31,880
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell, GA · CCN 110198	17	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$27,901
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin, GA · CCN 110031	15	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$27,838
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · CCN 110225	35	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$25,217
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · CCN 110091	31	$2,637	About average	$2,101	$28,424
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	74	$2,637	About average	$2,099	$24,957
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur, GA · CCN 110076	37	$2,637	About average	$2,099	$17,980
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth, GA · CCN 110252	59	$2,637	About average	$2,098	$27,722
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · CCN 110230	13	$2,637	About average	$2,092	$14,655

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.