Outpatient procedure · APC 5374 · Surgery or procedure

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: $2,62979% of the payment
Average billed charge: $23,596
Hospitals reporting: 1,986154,884 procedures

Hospitals in North Carolina

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Average payment across these 66 hospitals: $3,098National $3,312 · North Carolina $3,097
Median hospital: $3,080
Lowest to highest: $2,795–$3,499
Medicare procedures: 5,193

66 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 51–66. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 4 Urology and Related Services by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	64	$3,133	About average	$2,495	$19,774
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 340001	69	$3,133	About average	$2,494	$22,328
Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · CCN 340090	33	$3,136	About average	$2,499	$19,301
Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340148	145	$3,143	About average	$2,494	$11,667
North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340049	15	$3,145	About average	$2,505	$10,002
Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340155	46	$3,145	About average	$2,505	$17,186
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340190	17	$3,151	About average	$2,511	$21,116
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	119	$3,156	About average	$2,508	$12,526
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · CCN 340085	16	$3,178	About average	$2,532	$13,606
UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · CCN 340027	21	$3,210	About average	$2,532	$11,151
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	153	$3,215	About average	$2,555	$14,723
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	360	$3,216	About average	$2,555	$15,999
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 340051	64	$3,224	About average	$2,568	$14,962
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · CCN 340013	11	$3,249	About average	$2,584	$32,372
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · CCN 340142	29	$3,254	About average	$2,592	$13,343
UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · CCN 340010	53	$3,499	About average	$2,777	$19,899

National trend

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

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2020: 154,197 procedures at 2,057 hospitals · 2021: 166,587 procedures at 2,074 hospitals · 2022: 162,203 procedures at 2,039 hospitals · 2023: 160,624 procedures at 2,011 hospitals · 2024: 154,884 procedures at 1,986 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 4 Urology and Related Services
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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Average payment by state for Level 4 Urology and Related Services, 2024
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.