Outpatient / APC 5362

APC 5362 · 1,270 hospitals · 73,636 services

Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

Hospital outpatient departments billed Medicare for 73,636 services in APC 5362 in 2024. They charged an average of $72,305; Medicare allowed $9,791 — a ratio of 7.4 to 1 — and paid $8,158 of it, the patient's coinsurance making up most of the rest. Average charges ranged from $12,220 to $278,987 across hospitals.

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  1. 1Average charge $72,305
  2. 2Medicare allowed $9,791
  3. 3Reporting hospitals 1,270
  4. 4Services 73,636

By state

The average charge for this service was highest in California ($113,181) and lowest in Rhode Island ($28,610). The allowed amount is set by Medicare's outpatient fee schedule, adjusted for local wages, so it varies much less.

California$113,181Florida$106,372Nevada$99,371Colorado$88,995Virginia$87,865Arizona$86,340Texas$80,984Washington$80,556South Carolina$79,603Pennsylvania$74,352Georgia$74,049Alabama$73,567
Average charge for APC 5362, 12 highest-charging states, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.
StateServicesAvg chargeAvg allowed
California6,219$113,181$13,002
Florida5,267$106,372$9,223
Nevada532$99,371$11,040
Colorado1,560$88,995$9,810
Virginia2,145$87,865$9,083
Arizona1,878$86,340$9,918
Texas5,918$80,984$9,061
Washington1,819$80,556$10,472
South Carolina1,567$79,603$8,815
Pennsylvania2,955$74,352$9,592
Georgia2,383$74,049$9,124
Alabama1,091$73,567$8,383
Indiana1,728$71,422$9,201
Illinois2,502$68,994$9,685
Oklahoma1,191$67,810$8,701
Alaska200$67,339$10,855
Kansas1,023$67,283$8,907
Louisiana866$67,051$8,480
Ohio2,694$66,739$8,725
New Hampshire442$66,155$10,075
Kentucky920$65,955$8,749
New Mexico318$65,953$9,099
New Jersey2,001$63,963$11,001
Mississippi860$63,193$8,507
District of Columbia384$61,516$10,407
New York3,544$59,192$11,266
West Virginia503$57,415$8,581
Tennessee2,046$56,989$8,574
Oregon1,091$56,043$10,994
Wisconsin1,486$55,085$9,410
North Carolina2,322$54,073$9,062
South Dakota699$51,713$9,749
Missouri1,530$50,787$8,842
Wyoming107$50,403$9,940
Connecticut606$49,693$11,404
Michigan1,648$49,353$9,068
Iowa1,007$48,777$9,015
Minnesota1,643$47,473$9,991
Idaho600$46,869$9,433
Arkansas969$46,625$8,724
Utah768$44,747$9,132
Montana567$43,115$9,653
Nebraska841$43,074$9,249
Hawaii158$43,060$11,500
Delaware292$42,352$10,210
Massachusetts1,960$40,879$10,914
Maine279$39,570$9,412
Vermont140$35,035$5,742
North Dakota239$34,041$9,721
Rhode Island128$28,610$10,300

Highest average charges

HospitalChargeAllowed
HCA Florida St Lucie Hospital
Port Saint Lucie, FL
$278,987$9,319
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital
Brandon, FL
$264,189$9,319
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital
Port Charlotte, FL
$258,172$9,319
Henrico Doctors' Hospital
Richmond, VA
$256,592$8,806
Palmdale Regional Medical Center
Palmdale, CA
$253,254$12,010
Cjw Medical Center
Richmond, VA
$251,372$8,703
HCA Florida St Petersburg Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL
$236,418$9,319
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA
$229,276$14,469
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
Miami, FL
$225,117$9,319
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Santa Rosa, CA
$223,986$14,390

Lowest average charges

HospitalChargeAllowed
Kansas Medical Center LLC
Andover, KS
$12,220$8,785
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
$13,713$11,043
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Inc
Milton, MA
$16,451$11,043
Northern Dutchess Hospital
Rhinebeck, NY
$17,073$11,470
Umass Memorial Health-Milford Regional Medical Ctr
Milford, MA
$17,680$11,043
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
$17,799$8,332
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center
Wichita, KS
$18,121$8,427
Beverly Hospital Corporation
Beverly, MA
$18,214$11,043
Mary Lanning Healthcare
Hastings, NE
$19,308$9,316
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth, MA
$19,941$11,043

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.