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 Mississippi

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Average payment across these 25 hospitals: $2,267National $2,697 · Mississippi $2,267
Median hospital: $2,320
Lowest to highest: $1,679–$2,535
Medicare procedures: 1,268

25 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
University Of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS · CCN 250001	118	$1,679	38% below the national average	$1,331	$17,562
Memorial Hospital At GulfportGulfport, MS · CCN 250019	88	$2,022	25% below the national average	$1,593	$21,387
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville, MS · CCN 250050	11	$2,109	22% below the national average	$1,681	$7,032
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS · CCN 250069	18	$2,143	21% below the national average	$1,665	$8,442
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula, MS · CCN 250040	31	$2,186	19% below the national average	$1,726	$17,497
South Central Regional Medical CenterLaurel, MS · CCN 250058	34	$2,209	18% below the national average	$1,741	$5,797
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS · CCN 250078	46	$2,270	16% below the national average	$1,809	$17,064
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS · CCN 250104	48	$2,275	16% below the national average	$1,797	$10,053
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany, MS · CCN 250006	18	$2,300	15% below the national average	$1,832	$10,240
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · CCN 250102	126	$2,313	14% below the national average	$1,827	$13,050
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · CCN 250048	155	$2,314	14% below the national average	$1,832	$12,389
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory, MS · CCN 250025	12	$2,320	14% below the national average	$1,849	$14,704
Singing River GulfportGulfport, MS · CCN 250123	26	$2,320	14% below the national average	$1,849	$29,195
Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical CenterMccomb, MS · CCN 250097	29	$2,320	14% below the national average	$1,849	$11,233
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth, MS · CCN 250009	27	$2,333	13% below the national average	$1,859	$9,406
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus, MS · CCN 250100	37	$2,351	13% below the national average	$1,870	$9,501
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven, MS · CCN 250141	44	$2,363	12% below the national average	$1,875	$13,617
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford, MS · CCN 250034	108	$2,363	12% below the national average	$1,875	$12,399
Greenwood Leflore HospitalGreenwood, MS · CCN 250099	11	$2,367	12% below the national average	$1,886	$5,377
King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven, MS · CCN 250057	16	$2,378	12% below the national average	$1,869	$6,483
Merit Health Women's HospitalFlowood, MS · CCN 250136	33	$2,379	12% below the national average	$1,894	$23,430
Merit Health NatchezNatchez, MS · CCN 250084	13	$2,397	11% below the national average	$1,876	$36,100
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · CCN 250004	185	$2,513	About average	$1,988	$15,060
Delta Health System - The Medical CenterGreenville, MS · CCN 250082	22	$2,514	About average	$2,003	$11,048
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS · CCN 250031	12	$2,535	About average	$2,019	$32,414

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.