Level 4 Urology and Related Services
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $3,312 per procedure at 1,986 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $3,026 and $3,464.
Also known as: Urologic surgery, cystoscopy
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $3,312
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $3,026–$3,464
- Medicare’s share
- $2,629
- Average billed charge
- $23,596
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,986
Compare hospitals
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1,974 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 451–500. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis-Downtown | 173 | $3,007 | About average | $2,393 | $24,637 |
| St David's South Austin Medical Center | 80 | $3,007 | About average | $2,384 | $46,378 |
| Mount Pleasant Hospital | 26 | $3,008 | About average | $2,396 | $15,636 |
| Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital | 27 | $3,008 | About average | $2,396 | $20,925 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | 209 | $3,008 | About average | $2,376 | $19,743 |
| Edward W Sparrow Hospital | 95 | $3,012 | About average | $2,392 | $14,390 |
| McLaren Oakland | 42 | $3,012 | About average | $2,387 | $12,982 |
| Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital | 104 | $3,014 | About average | $2,392 | $21,167 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center | 82 | $3,015 | About average | $2,388 | $33,108 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | 68 | $3,015 | About average | $2,360 | $12,743 |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | 145 | $3,015 | About average | $2,394 | $12,774 |
| St Vincent Hospital | 46 | $3,016 | About average | $2,392 | $19,020 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 94 | $3,017 | About average | $2,371 | $28,512 |
| Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital | 61 | $3,018 | About average | $2,404 | $23,149 |
| Clark Regional Medical Center | 31 | $3,019 | About average | $2,399 | $28,252 |
| Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake | 24 | $3,019 | About average | $2,385 | $14,434 |
| Nkc Health | 97 | $3,020 | About average | $2,396 | $20,081 |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 140 | $3,020 | About average | $2,399 | $10,981 |
| Hendricks Regional Health | 39 | $3,020 | About average | $2,380 | $25,394 |
| SSM St Joseph Health Center | 91 | $3,021 | About average | $2,400 | $12,944 |
| University Of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital | 82 | $3,021 | About average | $2,398 | $12,353 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 122 | $3,021 | About average | $2,390 | $15,077 |
| St Marys Hospital Medical Center | 22 | $3,022 | About average | $2,384 | $22,627 |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | 52 | $3,022 | About average | $2,377 | $46,468 |
| King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven | 302 | $3,022 | About average | $2,398 | $17,405 |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | 212 | $3,022 | About average | $2,402 | $22,660 |
| University Of Michigan Health - West | 53 | $3,023 | About average | $2,399 | $12,944 |
| Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital | 156 | $3,023 | About average | $2,392 | $14,943 |
| Lakeview Hospital | 25 | $3,023 | About average | $2,389 | $50,787 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | 19 | $3,024 | About average | $2,382 | $14,340 |
| Methodist Richardson Medical Center | 45 | $3,025 | About average | $2,399 | $26,409 |
| Hill Country Memorial Hospital | 51 | $3,025 | About average | $2,412 | $23,597 |
| Alamance Regional Medical Center | 32 | $3,025 | About average | $2,375 | $15,451 |
| Bsa Hospital | 89 | $3,025 | About average | $2,410 | $23,006 |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin | 37 | $3,025 | About average | $2,410 | $36,965 |
| Methodist Hospital | 89 | $3,025 | About average | $2,410 | $31,437 |
| Mission Regional Medical Center | 12 | $3,025 | About average | $2,410 | $28,338 |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital | 20 | $3,025 | About average | $2,410 | $71,696 |
| The Hospitals Of Providence Transmountain Campus | 17 | $3,025 | About average | $2,410 | $46,620 |
| Christus St Michael Health System | 130 | $3,025 | About average | $2,408 | $19,432 |
| Harlingen Medical Center | 16 | $3,025 | About average | $2,408 | $27,468 |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak | 29 | $3,025 | About average | $2,407 | $26,586 |
| Peterson Regional Medical Center | 51 | $3,025 | About average | $2,406 | $15,494 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center | 111 | $3,025 | About average | $2,405 | $25,097 |
| Novant Health Matthews Medical Center | 61 | $3,025 | About average | $2,394 | $20,136 |
| VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC | 16 | $3,025 | About average | $2,393 | $72,578 |
| Memorial Hospital | 27 | $3,025 | About average | $2,392 | $31,652 |
| Atrium Medical Center | 29 | $3,026 | About average | $2,411 | $21,840 |
| Henrico Doctors' Hospital | 126 | $3,026 | About average | $2,409 | $75,220 |
| Miami Valley Hospital | 205 | $3,028 | About average | $2,408 | $25,657 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
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| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,991 | $20K |
| 2021 | $3,073 | $20K |
| 2022 | $3,109 | $21K |
| 2023 | $3,147 | $22K |
| 2024 | $3,312 | $24K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | 417 | $1,714 | $1,464–$2,023 |
| Tennessee | 46 | 3,697 | $2,840 | $2,870–$3,003 |
| Louisiana | 46 | 2,744 | $2,846 | $2,879–$2,925 |
| Alabama | 35 | 2,480 | $2,887 | $2,817–$2,930 |
| Mississippi | 26 | 1,973 | $2,914 | $2,818–$2,921 |
| Ohio | 98 | 6,698 | $2,944 | $2,927–$3,052 |
| West Virginia | 16 | 1,506 | $2,948 | $2,848–$2,981 |
| South Carolina | 33 | 3,933 | $2,978 | $2,936–$3,008 |
| Arkansas | 21 | 2,160 | $2,980 | $2,926–$3,117 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | 3,138 | $2,982 | $2,924–$3,003 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 2,820 | $3,004 | $2,965–$3,132 |
| Missouri | 45 | 3,581 | $3,019 | $3,007–$3,103 |
| Kansas | 26 | 2,030 | $3,049 | $2,976–$3,188 |
| Iowa | 22 | 2,002 | $3,051 | $2,985–$3,142 |
| Michigan | 67 | 4,979 | $3,076 | $3,012–$3,193 |
| Georgia | 62 | 4,249 | $3,092 | $3,003–$3,200 |
| Texas | 145 | 8,968 | $3,097 | $3,025–$3,149 |
| North Carolina | 67 | 5,237 | $3,097 | $3,034–$3,130 |
| Virginia | 46 | 4,168 | $3,117 | $2,985–$3,237 |
| Florida | 127 | 9,149 | $3,131 | $3,118–$3,158 |
| Utah | 20 | 1,195 | $3,138 | $3,075–$3,123 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 1,402 | $3,143 | $3,108–$3,217 |
| Indiana | 55 | 4,002 | $3,143 | $3,107–$3,185 |
| Maine | 14 | 936 | $3,165 | $2,999–$3,256 |
| New Mexico | 11 | 647 | $3,185 | $3,036–$3,126 |
| Idaho | 10 | 882 | $3,191 | $3,122–$3,335 |
| Wisconsin | 46 | 3,231 | $3,202 | $3,122–$3,237 |
| Pennsylvania | 102 | 7,264 | $3,211 | $3,114–$3,337 |
| Montana | 10 | 989 | $3,284 | $3,218–$3,484 |
| Illinois | 81 | 6,766 | $3,289 | $3,222–$3,351 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 739 | $3,319 | $3,268–$3,400 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 1,318 | $3,327 | $3,268–$3,500 |
| Colorado | 32 | 1,716 | $3,350 | $3,287–$3,319 |
| Arizona | 43 | 3,866 | $3,394 | $3,334–$3,399 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 1,026 | $3,400 | $3,338–$3,421 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 2,673 | $3,407 | $3,304–$3,428 |
| Delaware | 5 | 642 | $3,472 | $3,465–$3,498 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 289 | $3,474 | $3,477–$3,500 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 520 | $3,518 | $3,503–$3,538 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 423 | $3,526 | $3,501–$3,547 |
| Washington | 41 | 3,407 | $3,587 | $3,499–$3,671 |
| Alaska | 6 | 314 | $3,679 | $3,626–$3,777 |
| Nevada | 13 | 708 | $3,700 | $3,686–$3,734 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | 5,424 | $3,723 | $3,704–$3,744 |
| New Jersey | 51 | 5,386 | $3,730 | $3,605–$3,838 |
| Oregon | 24 | 1,376 | $3,766 | $3,613–$3,693 |
| New York | 94 | 9,593 | $3,839 | $3,670–$3,928 |
| Connecticut | 23 | 1,841 | $3,873 | $3,856–$3,889 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 357 | $3,962 | $3,947–$4,063 |
| California | 145 | 10,023 | $4,418 | $4,286–$4,452 |
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.