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 Massachusetts

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Average payment across these 43 hospitals: $3,012National $2,697 · Massachusetts $3,020
Median hospital: $3,052
Lowest to highest: $2,747–$3,205
Medicare procedures: 3,488

43 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
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton, MA · CCN 220111	18	$2,747	About average	$2,178	$7,723
Marlborough HospitalMarlborough, MA · CCN 220049	17	$2,766	About average	$2,143	$14,091
Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220116	104	$2,858	About average	$2,277	$16,957
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield, MA · CCN 220016	12	$2,886	About average	$2,257	$11,535
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River, MA · CCN 220020	48	$2,924	About average	$2,330	$8,179
North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA · CCN 220035	30	$2,971	10% above the national average	$2,350	$6,904
UMass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge, MA · CCN 220019	38	$2,971	10% above the national average	$2,367	$7,991
Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220110	158	$2,986	11% above the national average	$2,370	$19,273
Mercy Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220066	57	$2,987	11% above the national average	$2,366	$8,578
MelroseWakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA · CCN 220070	38	$2,988	11% above the national average	$2,367	$12,882
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke, MA · CCN 220024	33	$2,989	11% above the national average	$2,361	$11,406
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220086	199	$2,993	11% above the national average	$2,382	$16,362
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA · CCN 220171	262	$2,998	11% above the national average	$2,385	$8,817
Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220031	107	$3,000	11% above the national average	$2,386	$13,842
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220071 · +$98 outlier payments per case	638	$3,004	11% above the national average	$2,390	$14,608
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis, MA · CCN 220012	131	$3,005	11% above the national average	$2,393	$16,330
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River, MA · CCN 220074	122	$3,012	12% above the national average	$2,391	$16,914
UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester, MA · CCN 220163	260	$3,019	12% above the national average	$2,403	$18,348
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth, MA · CCN 220100	74	$3,020	12% above the national average	$2,397	$5,871
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton, MA · CCN 220015	82	$3,025	12% above the national average	$2,404	$6,348
Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · CCN 220063	74	$3,027	12% above the national average	$2,407	$14,777
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA · CCN 220029	33	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$6,186
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth, MA · CCN 220060	49	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$12,283
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton, MA · CCN 220073	33	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$12,914
Emerson Hospital -W Concord, MA · CCN 220084	42	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$13,442
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton, MA · CCN 220101	67	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$10,490
St Vincent HospitalWorcester, MA · CCN 220176	31	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$30,978
UMass Memorial HealthAlliance HospitalsLeominster, MA · CCN 220001	36	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$16,346
Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA · CCN 220105	71	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$8,641
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham, MA · CCN 220083	25	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$10,802
Heywood Hospital -Gardner, MA · CCN 220095	27	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$6,042
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · CCN 220010	24	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$9,369
New England Baptist HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220088	11	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$9,691
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro, MA · CCN 220008	22	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$6,871
Brigham And Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · CCN 220119	36	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,430	$10,507
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly, MA · CCN 220033	63	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,430	$13,916
Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary -Boston, MA · CCN 220075	110	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,430	$11,237
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220077	140	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,429	$10,744
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA · CCN 220011	17	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,429	$8,034
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth, MA · CCN 220135	23	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,428	$10,616
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · CCN 220002	31	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,425	$6,928
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford, MA · CCN 220090	17	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,420	$5,477
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA · CCN 220046	78	$3,205	19% above the national average	$2,554	$20,572

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.