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 Washington

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Average payment across these 35 hospitals: $2,910National $2,697 · Washington $2,906
Median hospital: $2,873
Lowest to highest: $2,517–$3,160
Medicare procedures: 2,207

35 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
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way, WA · CCN 500141	12	$2,517	About average	$1,919	$32,821
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500005	94	$2,767	About average	$2,192	$13,763
Capital Medical CenterOlympia, WA · CCN 500139	39	$2,793	About average	$2,213	$17,418
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah, WA · CCN 500152	26	$2,813	About average	$2,223	$16,912
Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley, WA · CCN 500119	65	$2,822	About average	$2,243	$17,415
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland, WA · CCN 500058	168	$2,828	About average	$2,244	$15,535
University Of Washington Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500008	121	$2,833	About average	$2,253	$18,813
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens HospitalSpokane, WA · CCN 500054	84	$2,839	About average	$2,260	$19,305
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue, WA · CCN 500051	43	$2,848	About average	$2,258	$19,974
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane, WA · CCN 500044	51	$2,852	About average	$2,272	$17,607
Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500064	35	$2,852	About average	$2,267	$20,201
Trios HealthKennewick, WA · CCN 500053	20	$2,852	About average	$2,262	$20,611
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma, WA · CCN 500129	73	$2,864	About average	$2,264	$24,268
Valley Medical CenterRenton, WA · CCN 500088	62	$2,865	About average	$2,274	$17,595
Island HospitalAnacortes, WA · CCN 500007	11	$2,873	About average	$2,289	$11,544
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon, WA · CCN 500003	95	$2,873	About average	$2,289	$15,241
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia, WA · CCN 500024	64	$2,873	About average	$2,287	$17,613
Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland, WA · CCN 500124	80	$2,873	About average	$2,280	$10,893
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds, WA · CCN 500026	74	$2,887	About average	$2,296	$17,139
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup, WA · CCN 500079	60	$2,889	About average	$2,292	$21,575
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett, WA · CCN 500014	71	$2,902	About average	$2,312	$19,983
Highline Medical CenterBurien, WA · CCN 500011	21	$2,902	About average	$2,303	$26,134
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver, WA · CCN 500150	37	$2,917	About average	$2,311	$9,307
St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor, WA · CCN 500151	29	$2,928	About average	$2,333	$29,572
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma, WA · CCN 500108	42	$2,928	About average	$2,330	$33,395
St Clare HospitalLakewood, WA · CCN 500021	27	$2,928	About average	$2,329	$36,453
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver, WA · CCN 500050	29	$2,981	11% above the national average	$2,375	$16,710
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500027	154	$2,999	11% above the national average	$2,379	$22,444
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima, WA · CCN 500036	76	$3,022	12% above the national average	$2,402	$12,566
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale, WA · CCN 500039	140	$3,030	12% above the national average	$2,405	$21,146
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee, WA · CCN 500016	97	$3,052	13% above the national average	$2,426	$12,685
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham, WA · CCN 500030	50	$3,054	13% above the national average	$2,434	$17,045
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla, WA · CCN 500002	36	$3,054	13% above the national average	$2,434	$15,691
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles, WA · CCN 500072	101	$3,054	13% above the national average	$2,433	$8,640
PeaceHealth St John Medical CenterLongview, WA · CCN 500041	20	$3,160	17% above the national average	$2,510	$19,555

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.