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Level 1 Nerve Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,774 per procedure at 1,588 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,658 and $1,852.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,774
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,658–$1,852
Medicare’s share: $1,40779% of the payment
Average billed charge: $12,341
Hospitals reporting: 1,588126,874 procedures

Hospitals in Alabama

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Average payment across these 22 hospitals: $1,568National $1,774 · Alabama $1,568
Median hospital: $1,607
Lowest to highest: $980–$1,768
Medicare procedures: 1,825

22 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 1 Nerve Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Athens Limestone HospitalAthens, AL · CCN 010079	153	$980	45% below the national average	$779	$10,498
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010113	38	$1,432	19% below the national average	$1,123	$5,518
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz, AL · CCN 010005	15	$1,516	15% below the national average	$1,190	$5,857
Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · CCN 010046	15	$1,516	15% below the national average	$1,190	$38,991
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · CCN 010104	63	$1,522	14% below the national average	$1,194	$75,262
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · CCN 010131	112	$1,555	12% below the national average	$1,219	$36,369
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · CCN 010056	48	$1,560	12% below the national average	$1,227	$19,409
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence, AL · CCN 010006	12	$1,582	11% below the national average	$1,256	$14,777
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville, AL · CCN 010039	631	$1,601	About average	$1,267	$8,571
North Baldwin InfirmaryBay Minette, AL · CCN 010129	25	$1,603	About average	$1,277	$5,052
Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · CCN 010083	35	$1,603	About average	$1,274	$18,054
Callahan Eye HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010018	18	$1,612	About average	$1,284	$12,778
University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033	108	$1,612	About average	$1,284	$11,048
Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · CCN 010114	17	$1,612	About average	$1,277	$15,041
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper, AL · CCN 010089	27	$1,613	About average	$1,265	$30,736
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan, AL · CCN 010001	97	$1,627	About average	$1,289	$11,127
Flowers HospitalDothan, AL · CCN 010055	32	$1,658	About average	$1,316	$28,395
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika, AL · CCN 010029	44	$1,677	About average	$1,327	$5,393
DeKalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · CCN 010012	17	$1,694	About average	$1,349	$20,236
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman, AL · CCN 010035	58	$1,702	About average	$1,345	$6,438
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · CCN 010092	233	$1,753	About average	$1,395	$7,410
Highlands Medical CenterScottsboro, AL · CCN 010061	27	$1,768	About average	$1,402	$7,945

National trend

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

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 140,451 procedures at 1,754 hospitals · 2021: 155,235 procedures at 1,800 hospitals · 2022: 150,490 procedures at 1,779 hospitals · 2023: 128,117 procedures at 1,694 hospitals · 2024: 126,874 procedures at 1,588 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 1 Nerve Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,652	$10K
2021	$1,703	$10K
2022	$1,728	$11K
2023	$1,711	$12K
2024	$1,774	$12K

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 1 Nerve Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	693	$946	$812–$1,044
Mississippi	15	973	$1,461	$1,551–$1,652
Tennessee	27	1,886	$1,497	$1,592–$1,658
Alabama	22	1,825	$1,568	$1,557–$1,650
West Virginia	20	2,466	$1,580	$1,585–$1,674
South Carolina	28	2,158	$1,581	$1,618–$1,666
Louisiana	30	3,223	$1,602	$1,604–$1,635
Ohio	103	7,504	$1,609	$1,633–$1,684
Oklahoma	34	4,247	$1,641	$1,628–$1,664
Nebraska	13	1,187	$1,652	$1,664–$1,753
Iowa	23	1,512	$1,654	$1,639–$1,747
Arkansas	25	2,752	$1,661	$1,612–$1,737
Kansas	30	2,656	$1,662	$1,645–$1,737
Kentucky	34	1,800	$1,663	$1,631–$1,706
Missouri	48	5,672	$1,664	$1,654–$1,739
Michigan	61	3,440	$1,680	$1,649–$1,757
Georgia	47	1,867	$1,682	$1,640–$1,784
Texas	129	10,336	$1,685	$1,668–$1,743
Virginia	43	3,266	$1,694	$1,651–$1,780
North Carolina	52	3,699	$1,695	$1,675–$1,735
Idaho	13	1,564	$1,715	$1,720–$1,826
Pennsylvania	88	6,968	$1,718	$1,722–$1,837
Utah	17	1,339	$1,721	$1,717–$1,730
Florida	61	4,045	$1,725	$1,721–$1,749
Indiana	46	2,915	$1,727	$1,715–$1,758
Maine	12	917	$1,754	$1,657–$1,789
Wisconsin	53	4,495	$1,761	$1,730–$1,802
New Hampshire	10	953	$1,768	$1,818–$1,884
New Mexico	13	1,039	$1,778	$1,681–$1,801
Illinois	71	5,306	$1,808	$1,781–$1,833
South Dakota	13	2,403	$1,821	$1,800–$1,915
North Dakota	6	835	$1,825	$1,810–$1,891
Montana	9	743	$1,832	$1,810–$1,926
Colorado	22	1,287	$1,845	$1,838–$1,843
Wyoming	5	317	$1,859	$1,914–$1,939
Arizona	24	2,090	$1,888	$1,868–$1,913
Minnesota	29	2,657	$1,896	$1,816–$1,925
Delaware	5	206	$1,923	$1,937–$1,937
Rhode Island	5	316	$1,932	$1,918–$1,959
District of Columbia	5	148	$1,965	$1,976–$1,976
Washington	31	2,494	$1,979	$1,938–$2,039
New Jersey	32	1,940	$2,031	$1,969–$2,079
New York	69	5,029	$2,051	$2,018–$2,175
Nevada	6	269	$2,064	$2,058–$2,068
Oregon	18	650	$2,066	$1,940–$2,089
Massachusetts	48	5,722	$2,067	$2,054–$2,074
Alaska	3	140	$2,101	$2,031–$2,128
Connecticut	13	413	$2,143	$2,150–$2,174
Hawaii	5	135	$2,246	$2,221–$2,378
California	66	6,377	$2,395	$2,374–$2,542

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.