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 Louisiana

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Average payment across these 31 hospitals: $2,364National $2,697 · Louisiana $2,364
Median hospital: $2,363
Lowest to highest: $2,110–$2,463
Medicare procedures: 1,608

31 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
Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190128	23	$2,110	22% below the national average	$1,665	$9,850
Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190255	23	$2,214	18% below the national average	$1,733	$10,346
Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · CCN 190044	18	$2,258	16% below the national average	$1,778	$7,593
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	15	$2,261	16% below the national average	$1,759	$19,204
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190040	46	$2,299	15% below the national average	$1,804	$11,441
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190036	210	$2,305	15% below the national average	$1,830	$18,942
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · CCN 190045	20	$2,311	14% below the national average	$1,822	$17,934
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190298	18	$2,323	14% below the national average	$1,851	$22,069
Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · CCN 190102	69	$2,335	13% below the national average	$1,853	$13,002
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · CCN 190164	15	$2,337	13% below the national average	$1,842	$24,096
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · CCN 190002	130	$2,339	13% below the national average	$1,859	$9,179
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190064	80	$2,349	13% below the national average	$1,858	$9,035
Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · CCN 190006	15	$2,362	12% below the national average	$1,882	$7,825
Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190098	51	$2,362	12% below the national average	$1,880	$23,848
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · CCN 190160	37	$2,363	12% below the national average	$1,877	$29,826
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	39	$2,363	12% below the national average	$1,877	$10,502
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · CCN 190015	21	$2,366	12% below the national average	$1,883	$22,751
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · CCN 190176	100	$2,373	12% below the national average	$1,885	$35,690
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · CCN 190017	15	$2,384	12% below the national average	$1,899	$13,074
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · CCN 190008	36	$2,384	12% below the national average	$1,899	$14,929
Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190278	23	$2,385	12% below the national average	$1,901	$12,527
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	40	$2,386	12% below the national average	$1,901	$23,386
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190065	84	$2,386	12% below the national average	$1,899	$14,568
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	101	$2,399	11% below the national average	$1,900	$17,288
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · CCN 190039	31	$2,407	11% below the national average	$1,918	$28,105
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190005	13	$2,407	11% below the national average	$1,917	$25,741
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · CCN 190111	171	$2,428	About average	$1,925	$22,508
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027	26	$2,438	About average	$1,935	$20,968
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190019	54	$2,460	About average	$1,956	$20,354
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · CCN 190026	37	$2,460	About average	$1,950	$22,878
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · CCN 190041	47	$2,463	About average	$1,957	$33,375

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.