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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Shaving a skin growth on face, ear or lip, up to 0.5 cm

CPT 11310the billing code this page is about

A raised skin growth on the face, ear, eyelid, nose or lip is shaved off level with the surrounding skin; covers one growth measuring 0.5 cm or less.

Hospitals typically charge $208 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,331 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $213. Most fall between $104 and $367 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,331
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,331 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$69$121$208$309$556

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($69 vs $556).

How the prices are spread

$47 – $62: 43 hospitals$47$62 – $81: 78 hospitals$81 – $106: 89 hospitals$81$106 – $140: 126 hospitals$140 – $184: 157 hospitals$140$184 – $242: 235 hospitals$242 – $318: 213 hospitals$242$318 – $418: 111 hospitals$418 – $549: 78 hospitals$418$549 – $722: 69 hospitals$549median $208price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,199 of 1,331 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$47$6243
$62$8178
$81$10689
$106$140126
$140$184157
$184$242235
$242$318213
$318$418111
$418$54978
$549$72269

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$208
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $208.

Alaska: median $337 across 11 hospitalsAK$337Maine: median $119 across 13 hospitalsME$119Vermont: median $148 across 10 hospitalsVT$148New Hampshire: median $82 across 12 hospitalsNH$82Washington: median $171 across 38 hospitalsWA$171Idaho: median $180 across 16 hospitalsID$180Montana: median $170 across 23 hospitalsMT$170North Dakota: median $249 across 19 hospitalsND$249Minnesota: median $217 across 60 hospitalsMN$217Illinois: median $197 across 43 hospitalsIL$197Wisconsin: median $200 across 59 hospitalsWI$200Michigan: median $210 across 60 hospitalsMI$210New York: median $235 across 60 hospitalsNY$235Massachusetts: median $229 across 22 hospitalsMA$229Oregon: median $173 across 30 hospitalsOR$173Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $229 across 17 hospitalsSD$229Iowa: median $202 across 63 hospitalsIA$202Indiana: median $177 across 28 hospitalsIN$177Ohio: median $367 across 49 hospitalsOH$367Pennsylvania: median $237 across 60 hospitalsPA$237New Jersey: median $265 across 35 hospitalsNJ$265Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $374 across 75 hospitalsCA$374Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $272 across 22 hospitalsCO$272Nebraska: median $202 across 47 hospitalsNE$202Missouri: median $147 across 37 hospitalsMO$147Kentucky: median $109 across 13 hospitalsKY$109West Virginia: median $200 across 29 hospitalsWV$200Virginia: median $223 across 29 hospitalsVA$223Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $134 across 45 hospitalsKS$134Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $77 across 17 hospitalsTN$77North Carolina: median $194 across 22 hospitalsNC$194South Carolina: median $202 across 25 hospitalsSC$202Oklahoma: median $75 across 19 hospitalsOK$75Louisiana: median $134 across 25 hospitalsLA$134Mississippi: median $139 across 20 hospitalsMS$139Alabama: median $200 across 14 hospitalsAL$200Georgia: median $348 across 25 hospitalsGA$348Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $263 across 46 hospitalsTX$263Florida: median $424 across 35 hospitalsFL$424
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $208. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL35$424+104%$191 – $539
California CA75$374+80%$211 – $566
Ohio OH49$367+77%$108 – $988
Georgia GA25$348+67%$192 – $8,209
Alaska AK11$337+62%$201 – $518
Colorado CO22$272+31%$106 – $385
New Jersey NJ35$265+28%$220 – $4,881
Texas TX46$263+26%$128 – $452
North Dakota ND19$249+20%$83 – $348
Pennsylvania PA60$237+14%$52 – $521
New York NY60$235+13%$86 – $443
Massachusetts MA22$229+10%$124 – $484
South Dakota SD17$229+10%$150 – $259
Virginia VA29$223+7%$73 – $376
Minnesota MN60$217+5%$111 – $311
Michigan MI60$210+1%$44 – $292
Iowa IA63$202−3%$135 – $284
South Carolina SC25$202−3%$121 – $202
Nebraska NE47$202−3%$137 – $244
Wisconsin WI59$200−4%$155 – $273
Alabama AL14$200−4%$55 – $316
West Virginia WV29$200−4%$47 – $545
Illinois IL43$197−5%$107 – $284
North Carolina NC22$194−7%$111 – $285
Idaho ID16$180−13%$140 – $556
Indiana IN28$177−15%$128 – $252
Oregon OR30$173−17%$70 – $245
Washington WA38$171−18%$113 – $301
Montana MT23$170−18%$71 – $245
Vermont VT10$148−29%$107 – $207
Missouri MO37$147−29%$88 – $213
Mississippi MS20$139−33%$119 – $247
Kansas KS45$134−35%$80 – $222
Louisiana LA25$134−36%$77 – $276
Maine ME13$119−43%$70 – $218
Kentucky KY13$109−48%$89 – $249
New Hampshire NH12$82−60%$50 – $148
Tennessee TN17$77−63%$39 – $145
Oklahoma OK19$75−64%$75 – $579
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $208.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care822$235$113 – $434
Children’s21$188$113 – $316
Critical access487$174$93 – $273
Ownership
For-profit69$230$107 – $600
Government321$188$106 – $280
Non-profit940$220$100 – $387
System affiliation
Part of a system1,032$220$107 – $387
Independent299$162$86 – $286

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$292
Median cash price$208
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

813 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $220 and the average of the middle 60% is $231; most fall between $107 and $405.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 813 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$73$126$220$371$566

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($73 vs $566).

Of the 879 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 813 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 36 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,331 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (34%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,439 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,331
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here66
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,439

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Shaving Skin Lesion 1 F/E/E/N/L/M Diam 0.5 Cm/<.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Shaving a skin growth on face, ear or lip, up to 0.5 cm (CPT 11310) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11310-shaving-a-skin-growth-on-face-ear-or-lip-up-to-0-5-cm