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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Benign skin growth removal, trunk/arm/leg, 2.1–3 cm

CPT 11403the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting out of a non-cancerous skin lesion on the trunk, arm, or leg, where the removed area measures 2.1 to 3.0 cm across, including simple closure of the wound.

Hospitals typically charge $795 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,158 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $895. Most fall between $305 and $2,032 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,158
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 2,158 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
$205$363$795$1,669$3,540

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($205 vs $3,540).

How the prices are spread

$139 – $202: 104 hospitals$139$202 – $294: 201 hospitals$294 – $428: 247 hospitals$294$428 – $622: 247 hospitals$622 – $904: 293 hospitals$622$904 – $1,313: 245 hospitals$1,313 – $1,909: 263 hospitals$1,313$1,909 – $2,775: 172 hospitals$2,775 – $4,033: 105 hospitals$2,775$4,033 – $5,862: 67 hospitals$4,033median $795price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,944 of 2,158 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$139$202104
$202$294201
$294$428247
$428$622247
$622$904293
$904$1,313245
$1,313$1,909263
$1,909$2,775172
$2,775$4,033105
$4,033$5,86267

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$795
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

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 $795.

Alaska: median $947 across 14 hospitalsAK$947Maine: median $404 across 21 hospitalsME$404Vermont: median $311 across 12 hospitalsVT$311New Hampshire: median $211 across 14 hospitalsNH$211Washington: median $971 across 61 hospitalsWA$971Idaho: median $471 across 20 hospitalsID$471Montana: median $340 across 27 hospitalsMT$340North Dakota: median $509 across 19 hospitalsND$509Minnesota: median $488 across 75 hospitalsMN$488Illinois: median $613 across 80 hospitalsIL$613Wisconsin: median $524 across 75 hospitalsWI$524Michigan: median $772 across 82 hospitalsMI$772New York: median $833 across 89 hospitalsNY$833Massachusetts: median $1,068 across 44 hospitalsMA$1,068Oregon: median $363 across 44 hospitalsOR$363Nevada: median $701 across 11 hospitalsNV$701Wyoming: median $354 across 10 hospitalsWY$354South Dakota: median $546 across 17 hospitalsSD$546Iowa: median $438 across 76 hospitalsIA$438Indiana: median $916 across 56 hospitalsIN$916Ohio: median $1,372 across 108 hospitalsOH$1,372Pennsylvania: median $899 across 80 hospitalsPA$899New Jersey: median $1,007 across 44 hospitalsNJ$1,007Connecticut: median $1,207 across 12 hospitalsCT$1,207Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,190 across 118 hospitalsCA$2,190Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $560 across 32 hospitalsCO$560Nebraska: median $413 across 59 hospitalsNE$413Missouri: median $417 across 65 hospitalsMO$417Kentucky: median $315 across 27 hospitalsKY$315West Virginia: median $693 across 34 hospitalsWV$693Virginia: median $1,333 across 51 hospitalsVA$1,333Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,186 across 20 hospitalsAZ$4,186New Mexico: median $1,790 across 14 hospitalsNM$1,790Kansas: median $338 across 68 hospitalsKS$338Arkansas: median $814 across 25 hospitalsAR$814Tennessee: median $269 across 36 hospitalsTN$269North Carolina: median $825 across 56 hospitalsNC$825South Carolina: median $2,032 across 39 hospitalsSC$2,032Oklahoma: median $280 across 35 hospitalsOK$280Louisiana: median $884 across 38 hospitalsLA$884Mississippi: median $490 across 46 hospitalsMS$490Alabama: median $938 across 23 hospitalsAL$938Georgia: median $1,612 across 56 hospitalsGA$1,612Hawaii: median $641 across 10 hospitalsHI$641Texas: median $914 across 129 hospitalsTX$914Florida: median $1,696 across 62 hospitalsFL$1,696
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $795. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ20$4,186+427%$546 – $5,857
California CA118$2,190+175%$656 – $2,979
South Carolina SC39$2,032+156%$1,030 – $3,945
New Mexico NM14$1,790+125%$420 – $7,693
Florida FL62$1,696+113%$706 – $3,570
Georgia GA56$1,612+103%$1,052 – $2,522
Ohio OH108$1,372+73%$561 – $1,846
Virginia VA51$1,333+68%$222 – $3,186
Connecticut CT12$1,207+52%$651 – $1,580
Massachusetts MA44$1,068+34%$518 – $2,316
New Jersey NJ44$1,007+27%$779 – $4,881
Washington WA61$971+22%$375 – $1,826
Alaska AK14$947+19%$497 – $2,213
Alabama AL23$938+18%$541 – $5,669
Indiana IN56$916+15%$303 – $2,957
Texas TX129$914+15%$443 – $1,691
Pennsylvania PA80$899+13%$265 – $2,166
Louisiana LA38$884+11%$367 – $1,998
New York NY89$833+5%$269 – $2,022
North Carolina NC56$825+4%$601 – $1,763
Arkansas AR25$814+2%$338 – $1,327
Michigan MI82$772−3%$181 – $2,182
Nevada NV11$701−12%$284 – $770
West Virginia WV34$693−13%$393 – $1,614
Hawaii HI10$641−19%$225 – $2,197
Illinois IL80$613−23%$350 – $1,734
Colorado CO32$560−30%$333 – $1,378
South Dakota SD17$546−31%$422 – $714
Wisconsin WI75$524−34%$338 – $1,015
North Dakota ND19$509−36%$199 – $704
Mississippi MS46$490−38%$291 – $784
Minnesota MN75$488−39%$237 – $944
Idaho ID20$471−41%$287 – $1,783
Iowa IA76$438−45%$248 – $588
Missouri MO65$417−48%$200 – $1,660
Nebraska NE59$413−48%$317 – $724
Maine ME21$404−49%$224 – $741
Oregon OR44$363−54%$234 – $2,165
Wyoming WY10$354−56%$183 – $490
Montana MT27$340−57%$183 – $499
Kansas KS68$338−57%$188 – $787
Kentucky KY27$315−60%$185 – $1,080
Vermont VT12$311−61%$187 – $848
Oklahoma OK35$280−65%$238 – $1,235
Tennessee TN36$269−66%$222 – $1,848
New Hampshire NH14$211−73%$116 – $879
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not 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 $795.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,435$1,068$406 – $2,522
Children’s48$1,218$490 – $3,141
Critical access669$413$229 – $862
Ownership
For-profit200$1,466$508 – $5,670
Government472$471$247 – $1,287
Non-profit1,480$826$333 – $1,994
System affiliation
Part of a system1,696$860$346 – $2,191
Independent462$472$230 – $1,235

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,354
Median cash price$795
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

1,325 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $827 and the average of the middle 60% is $925; most fall between $337 and $1,826.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,325 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
$221$379$827$1,651$2,522

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($221 vs $2,522).

Of the 1,447 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,325 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 82 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,158 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (55%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,329 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,158
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here80
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded84
Hospitals that filed this code2,329

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 July 20, 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 Exc B9 Lesion Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg T/a/L 2.1-3.0 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, “Benign skin growth removal, trunk/arm/leg, 2.1–3 cm (CPT 11403) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11403-benign-skin-growth-removal-trunk-arm-leg-2-13-cm