Outpatient / APC 5092

APC 5092 · 1,216 hospitals · 49,643 services

Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

Hospital outpatient departments billed Medicare for 49,643 services in APC 5092 in 2024. They charged an average of $46,718; Medicare allowed $6,254 — a ratio of 7.5 to 1 — and paid $4,975 of it, the patient's coinsurance making up most of the rest. Average charges ranged from $8,387 to $272,432 across hospitals.

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  1. 1Average charge $46,718
  2. 2Medicare allowed $6,254
  3. 3Reporting hospitals 1,216
  4. 4Services 49,643

By state

The average charge for this service was highest in Nevada ($68,585) and lowest in Rhode Island ($23,575). The allowed amount is set by Medicare's outpatient fee schedule, adjusted for local wages, so it varies much less.

Nevada$68,585California$68,398Florida$68,066Colorado$57,442Arizona$55,397Pennsylvania$52,767Texas$50,879New Mexico$49,828District of Columbia$49,714Indiana$49,534Georgia$47,510Illinois$47,301
Average charge for APC 5092, 12 highest-charging states, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.
StateServicesAvg chargeAvg allowed
Nevada349$68,585$6,965
California4,499$68,398$8,273
Florida3,674$68,066$5,782
Colorado651$57,442$6,242
Arizona1,348$55,397$6,376
Pennsylvania2,153$52,767$6,046
Texas3,366$50,879$5,827
New Mexico247$49,828$5,913
District of Columbia246$49,714$6,559
Indiana916$49,534$5,884
Georgia1,411$47,510$5,769
Illinois1,996$47,301$6,162
South Carolina1,193$47,283$5,599
Washington1,153$47,110$6,650
Virginia1,829$46,967$5,788
Alabama645$46,734$5,421
Ohio1,878$45,587$5,575
Alaska121$44,835$6,800
New Hampshire344$44,697$6,409
New Jersey1,103$44,118$6,916
Louisiana714$43,668$5,422
Kentucky682$43,111$5,630
West Virginia313$42,361$5,496
Oklahoma759$41,576$5,559
New York2,727$41,111$7,191
Mississippi554$39,436$5,383
Idaho300$37,388$6,065
Wisconsin968$37,119$6,007
Hawaii174$37,046$7,491
North Carolina1,590$36,391$5,788
Connecticut468$35,956$7,220
Nebraska468$35,490$5,887
Oregon572$35,419$6,929
Missouri1,070$35,147$5,627
Kansas764$35,116$5,684
Tennessee1,198$34,686$5,486
South Dakota403$34,391$6,123
Iowa624$32,825$5,663
Michigan1,227$32,746$5,846
Maine214$30,995$6,017
Montana309$30,209$6,219
Wyoming108$29,884$6,470
Massachusetts1,531$29,880$6,952
Delaware273$29,759$6,506
Minnesota945$28,625$6,325
Arkansas527$28,126$5,566
Utah484$27,509$5,843
Vermont139$25,477$3,964
North Dakota272$24,673$6,227
Rhode Island121$23,575$6,574

Highest average charges

HospitalChargeAllowed
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital
Port Charlotte, FL
$272,432$5,907
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
$247,337$9,377
The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus
El Paso, TX
$202,190$5,658
HCA Florida St Petersburg Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL
$183,223$5,907
Grandview Medical Center
Birmingham, AL
$182,105$5,438
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital
Fort Walton Beach, FL
$175,625$5,907
HCA Healthone Rose
Denver, CO
$172,438$6,208
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA
$169,896$9,178
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA
$166,331$8,018
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
Trinity, FL
$164,299$5,907

Lowest average charges

HospitalChargeAllowed
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
No Little Rock, AR
$8,387$5,521
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
$10,839$5,179
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association
Morristown, TN
$12,479$5,378
Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
$12,738$5,407
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center
Wichita, KS
$13,314$5,513
Salina Surgical Hospital
Salina, KS
$13,322$5,567
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
$13,429$5,378
South Central Reg Med Ctr
Laurel, MS
$13,444$5,703
Thomas Hospital
Fairhope, AL
$13,453$5,409
Billings Clinic Hospital
Billings, MT
$13,597$5,877

An APC groups services of similar cost, so a hospital's average mixes the specific procedures it does most. Charges are list prices; the allowed amount is the fee-schedule total that Medicare and the patient together pay the hospital.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.