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 South Carolina

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Average payment across these 36 hospitals: $2,407National $2,697 · South Carolina $2,407
Median hospital: $2,421
Lowest to highest: $2,086–$2,675
Medicare procedures: 2,756

36 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
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · CCN 420002	43	$2,086	23% below the national average	$1,564	$32,696
Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville, SC · CCN 420037	14	$2,172	19% below the national average	$1,665	$17,484
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · CCN 420080	78	$2,230	17% below the national average	$1,720	$27,397
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · CCN 420036	20	$2,298	15% below the national average	$1,831	$38,761
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420065	78	$2,328	14% below the national average	$1,852	$15,125
Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville, SC · CCN 420101	19	$2,332	14% below the national average	$1,827	$41,652
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004 · +$568 outlier payments per case	445	$2,340	13% below the national average	$1,859	$24,899
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC · CCN 420082	30	$2,369	12% below the national average	$1,869	$34,759
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023	135	$2,372	12% below the national average	$1,870	$23,813
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, SC · CCN 420098	66	$2,375	12% below the national average	$1,878	$12,202
Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420104	51	$2,377	12% below the national average	$1,879	$16,300
MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · CCN 420091	44	$2,378	12% below the national average	$1,895	$42,679
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	68	$2,384	12% below the national average	$1,889	$13,647
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach, SC · CCN 420085	46	$2,404	11% below the national average	$1,908	$36,393
Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · CCN 420027	26	$2,406	11% below the national average	$1,912	$16,018
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420078 · +$403 outlier payments per case	275	$2,408	11% below the national average	$1,919	$25,116
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · CCN 420051	104	$2,415	10% below the national average	$1,918	$19,459
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · CCN 420073	252	$2,419	10% below the national average	$1,921	$19,956
Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420102	61	$2,423	10% below the national average	$1,924	$17,250
Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420087	166	$2,430	About average	$1,931	$20,015
Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter, SC · CCN 420070	74	$2,434	About average	$1,938	$18,558
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	57	$2,434	About average	$1,934	$17,387
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia, SC · CCN 420086	68	$2,442	About average	$1,945	$15,411
Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · CCN 420106	27	$2,442	About average	$1,945	$18,689
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, SC · CCN 420018	54	$2,442	About average	$1,945	$18,946
Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley, SC · CCN 420015	12	$2,451	About average	$1,953	$19,627
Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420033	15	$2,451	About average	$1,953	$18,178
Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420079	68	$2,452	About average	$1,953	$35,850
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown, SC · CCN 420020	28	$2,452	About average	$1,950	$17,023
Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville, SC · CCN 420110	33	$2,463	About average	$1,962	$16,052
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · CCN 420026	48	$2,474	About average	$1,971	$18,929
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · CCN 420067	28	$2,490	About average	$1,975	$9,410
Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton, SC · CCN 420038	17	$2,502	About average	$1,968	$29,014
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · CCN 420071	68	$2,613	About average	$2,078	$15,753
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca, SC · CCN 420009	15	$2,620	About average	$2,088	$23,405
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420007	123	$2,675	About average	$2,127	$20,855

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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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.