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 New Jersey

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Average payment across these 40 hospitals: $3,013National $2,697 · New Jersey $3,013
Median hospital: $2,975
Lowest to highest: $2,817–$3,234
Medicare procedures: 2,402

40 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
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point, NJ · CCN 310047	15	$2,817	About average	$2,200	$23,921
Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310014	164	$2,825	About average	$2,247	$27,445
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland, NJ · CCN 310032	22	$2,840	About average	$2,254	$20,192
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · CCN 310011	19	$2,850	About average	$2,245	$12,024
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville, NJ · CCN 310048	56	$2,851	About average	$2,243	$16,883
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood, NJ · CCN 310084	22	$2,867	About average	$2,262	$14,876
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	102	$2,906	About average	$2,306	$12,761
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees, NJ · CCN 310022	89	$2,923	About average	$2,315	$28,206
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch, NJ · CCN 310075	56	$2,926	About average	$2,314	$15,829
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer, NJ · CCN 310069	56	$2,932	About average	$2,328	$20,231
CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · CCN 310111	71	$2,970	10% above the national average	$2,364	$13,625
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · CCN 310076	31	$2,974	10% above the national average	$2,353	$16,112
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · CCN 310064	56	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$21,474
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington, NJ · CCN 310044	54	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$87,209
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington, NJ · CCN 310005	15	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$13,582
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At HamiltonHamilton, NJ · CCN 310110	17	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$14,930
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · CCN 310060	16	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$31,648
Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · CCN 310052	48	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$16,314
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ · CCN 310057	12	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$28,729
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	89	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,370	$17,066
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin, NJ · CCN 310113	57	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,369	$22,917
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank, NJ · CCN 310034	81	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,367	$16,471
Newton Medical CenterNewton, NJ · CCN 310028	34	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,359	$28,811
JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · CCN 310108	87	$2,987	11% above the national average	$2,374	$21,532
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville, NJ · CCN 310050	12	$3,001	11% above the national average	$2,335	$29,159
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, NJ · CCN 310112	54	$3,012	12% above the national average	$2,399	$18,864
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune, NJ · CCN 310073	34	$3,012	12% above the national average	$2,396	$15,614
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy, NJ · CCN 310039	11	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,402	$12,985
University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · CCN 310010	73	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,402	$27,021
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · CCN 310019	16	$3,032	12% above the national average	$2,403	$17,541
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ · CCN 310002	15	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,432	$18,343
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · CCN 310015	279	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,431	$20,135
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038 · +$1,128 outlier payments per case	143	$3,082	14% above the national average	$2,441	$33,074
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains, NJ · CCN 310017	61	$3,114	15% above the national average	$2,464	$19,299
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001 · +$351 outlier payments per case	154	$3,154	17% above the national average	$2,506	$21,482
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · CCN 310051	81	$3,166	17% above the national average	$2,514	$19,192
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, NJ · CCN 310008	63	$3,233	20% above the national average	$2,576	$15,236
Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · CCN 310012	67	$3,233	20% above the national average	$2,576	$18,062
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	42	$3,233	20% above the national average	$2,572	$43,293
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City, NJ · CCN 310074	28	$3,234	20% above the national average	$2,569	$10,042

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.