Outpatient / APC 5093

APC 5093 · 108 hospitals · 4,771 services

Level 3 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

Hospital outpatient departments billed Medicare for 4,771 services in APC 5093 in 2024. They charged an average of $71,544; Medicare allowed $9,050 — a ratio of 7.9 to 1 — and paid $7,421 of it, the patient's coinsurance making up most of the rest. Average charges ranged from $18,596 to $257,676 across hospitals.

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  1. 1Average charge $71,544
  2. 2Medicare allowed $9,050
  3. 3Reporting hospitals 108
  4. 4Services 4,771

By state

The average charge for this service was highest in Arizona ($105,959) and lowest in Rhode Island ($27,006). The allowed amount is set by Medicare's outpatient fee schedule, adjusted for local wages, so it varies much less.

Arizona$105,959Colorado$103,339California$95,587Alabama$94,378Kentucky$93,351Florida$90,392Idaho$88,432Mississippi$86,339Nevada$84,966Texas$78,055New Mexico$77,402Virginia$76,671
Average charge for APC 5093, 12 highest-charging states, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.
StateServicesAvg chargeAvg allowed
Arizona157$105,959$9,122
Colorado103$103,339$8,936
California486$95,587$11,915
Alabama66$94,378$7,373
Kentucky62$93,351$8,212
Florida555$90,392$8,454
Idaho13$88,432$8,564
Mississippi21$86,339$6,634
Nevada23$84,966$9,723
Texas332$78,055$8,464
New Mexico34$77,402$8,318
Virginia147$76,671$8,269
North Carolina162$75,639$8,340
Iowa31$73,057$8,187
Indiana52$72,470$8,564
South Carolina95$70,145$8,059
South Dakota56$67,843$8,824
Kansas45$67,243$8,259
Georgia199$67,215$8,282
District of Columbia27$65,679$9,342
Pennsylvania169$65,642$8,483
Louisiana68$62,457$7,959
New York333$62,326$10,456
Washington82$62,199$9,591
New Hampshire34$58,255$8,623
Arkansas25$58,156$7,790
New Jersey136$58,138$10,117
Ohio159$57,488$7,976
Illinois188$57,476$8,893
Montana13$57,245$8,931
Michigan115$55,249$8,130
Maine18$54,780$8,631
North Dakota11$54,263$9,062
Oklahoma51$48,283$8,030
Tennessee115$48,269$7,754
Missouri113$47,418$7,983
Nebraska40$46,903$8,322
Connecticut35$46,217$10,063
Wisconsin51$45,054$8,703
Oregon30$44,908$9,947
Utah42$43,066$8,247
Massachusetts139$36,635$9,998
Minnesota65$34,463$9,155
Delaware35$31,984$9,454
Rhode Island11$27,006$9,560

Highest average charges

HospitalChargeAllowed
Cjw Medical Center
Richmond, VA
$257,676$8,116
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
Vestavia, AL
$190,526$6,824
St David's Medical Center
Austin, TX
$184,515$8,296
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
$177,334$11,575
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce
Asheville, NC
$169,062$8,202
Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center
Scottsdale, AZ
$164,560$9,187
Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center
Scottsdale, AZ
$157,251$9,187
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
$152,603$8,121
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
$151,076$8,179
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Chandler, AZ
$142,798$9,187

Lowest average charges

HospitalChargeAllowed
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
$18,596$9,420
Christianacare
Newark, DE
$18,912$9,452
Bethesda North
Cincinnati, OH
$21,010$8,197
North Central Surgical Center Llp
Dallas, TX
$22,638$8,481
Cox Medical Centers
Springfield, MO
$24,395$7,926
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis, TN
$27,323$7,254
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases
New York, NY
$28,555$10,716
University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
$31,161$8,738
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Boston, MA
$31,569$10,115
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
$35,022$10,716

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.