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Medicare Outpatient Hospitals - by Provider and Service

Outpatient hospital services, payments and submitted charges for Original Medicare Part B patients, by hospital and ambulatory payment classification (APC).

Freshness

Last posted
Period covered
Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Update frequency
Annually

Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.

Before you use it

  • Covers Original Medicare Part B only, at hospitals paid under OPPS.

Columns 18

ColumnWhat it meansType
Rndrng_Prvdr_CCNRndrng_Prvdr_CCNstring
Rendering Provider NameRndrng_Prvdr_Org_NameThe name of the provider.string
Rendering Provider Street AddressRndrng_Prvdr_StThe street address in which the provider is physically located.string
Rendering Provider CityRndrng_Prvdr_CityThe city in which the provider is physically located.string
Rendering Provider State AbbreviationRndrng_Prvdr_State_AbrvtnThe state abbreviation for the state in which the provider is physically located.string
Rendering Provider State FIPS CodeRndrng_Prvdr_State_FIPSThe state FIPS code for the state in which the provider is physically located.string
Rendering Provider Zip CodeRndrng_Prvdr_Zip5The zip code in which the provider is physically located.string
Rendering Provider Rural-Urban Commuting Area CodesRndrng_Prvdr_RUCAThe Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) code for the zip code in which the provider is physically locatedstring
Rendering Provider Rural-Urban Commuting Area DescriptionRndrng_Prvdr_RUCA_DescThe description of the RUCA code.string
Ambulatory Payment ClassificationAPC_CdThe comprehensive APC code.string
APC DescriptionAPC_DescThe description of the APC Code.string
Total BeneficiariesBene_CntThe number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries receiving outpatient hospital services.number
Comprehensive APC ServicesCAPC_SrvcsThe number of primary HCPCS services billed by the provider for outpatient hospital services.number
Average Estimated Total Submitted ChargesAvg_Tot_Sbmtd_ChrgsThe provider's average estimated submitted charge for services covered by Medicare for the APC.number
Average Medicare Allowed AmountAvg_Mdcr_Alowd_AmtThe average of total regular payments the provider receives for the APC.number
Average Medicare Payment AmountAvg_Mdcr_Pymt_AmtThe average of total regular payments the provider receives directly from Medicare.number
Outlier Comprehensive APC ServicesOutlier_SrvcsThe number of comprehensive APC services with outlier payments.number
Average Medicare Outlier AmountAvg_Mdcr_Outlier_AmtThe average of outlier payments the provider receives directly from Medicare.number

At a glance

Catalog
data.cms.gov
Publisher
Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
Rows
116,182
Columns
18
State column
Rndrng_Prvdr_St
Topics
Hospitals, Spending and use of services
Contact
IPAG_Data_Products@cms.hhs.gov

API

Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:

https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/ccbc9a44-40d4-46b4-a709-5caa59212e50/data?size=10

To keep only one state, filter on the Rndrng_Prvdr_St column.

Versions 10

The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.

  • 2024-01-01posted Jun 25, 2026
  • 2023-01-02posted Aug 22, 2025
  • 2022-12-01posted Jun 4, 2024
  • 2021-12-02posted Jun 4, 2024
  • 2020-12-02posted Jun 4, 2024
  • 2019-12-31posted Aug 31, 2021
  • 2018-12-31posted Jun 7, 2021
  • 2017-12-31posted Oct 28, 2020
Show 2 older versions
  • 2016-12-31posted Jul 10, 2020
  • 2015-12-31posted Jan 11, 2021

CMS's description

The Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service dataset provides information on services for Original Medicare Part B beneficiaries by OPPS hospitals. These datasets contain information on the number of services, payments, and submitted charges organized by provider CMS Certified Number (CCN) and comprehensive Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC).

Methodology and other documents from CMS:

The summary at the top was written by hand from this description. Record id cms:ccbc9a44-40d4-46b4-a709-5caa59212e50. This record as JSON.

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