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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Benign skin growth removal, scalp/neck/hands/feet, to 1 cm

CPT 11421the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting out of a non-cancerous skin lesion on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genital area, where the removed area measures 0.6 to 1.0 cm across, including simple closure.

Hospitals typically charge $707 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,100 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $850. Most fall between $245 and $2,157 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,100
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 2,100 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
$151$291$707$1,715$4,006

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($151 vs $4,006).

How the prices are spread

$102 – $151: 106 hospitals$102$151 – $223: 172 hospitals$223 – $331: 229 hospitals$223$331 – $489: 230 hospitals$489 – $723: 220 hospitals$489$723 – $1,069: 253 hospitals$1,069 – $1,582: 209 hospitals$1,069$1,582 – $2,340: 194 hospitals$2,340 – $3,461: 123 hospitals$2,340$3,461 – $5,118: 155 hospitals$3,461median $707price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,891 of 2,100 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$102$151106
$151$223172
$223$331229
$331$489230
$489$723220
$723$1,069253
$1,069$1,582209
$1,582$2,340194
$2,340$3,461123
$3,461$5,118155

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$707
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

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 $707.

Alaska: median $712 across 13 hospitalsAK$712Maine: median $311 across 21 hospitalsME$311Vermont: median $334 across 12 hospitalsVT$334New Hampshire: median $195 across 16 hospitalsNH$195Washington: median $474 across 56 hospitalsWA$474Idaho: median $532 across 21 hospitalsID$532Montana: median $241 across 25 hospitalsMT$241North Dakota: median $444 across 23 hospitalsND$444Minnesota: median $449 across 74 hospitalsMN$449Illinois: median $542 across 80 hospitalsIL$542Wisconsin: median $437 across 69 hospitalsWI$437Michigan: median $443 across 76 hospitalsMI$443New York: median $1,019 across 100 hospitalsNY$1,019Massachusetts: median $980 across 46 hospitalsMA$980Oregon: median $395 across 48 hospitalsOR$395Nevada: median $515 across 11 hospitalsNV$515Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $445 across 19 hospitalsSD$445Iowa: median $335 across 76 hospitalsIA$335Indiana: median $763 across 55 hospitalsIN$763Ohio: median $1,318 across 91 hospitalsOH$1,318Pennsylvania: median $877 across 95 hospitalsPA$877New Jersey: median $2,162 across 52 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: median $1,161 across 18 hospitalsCT$1,161Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,474 across 114 hospitalsCA$2,474Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $632 across 32 hospitalsCO$632Nebraska: median $348 across 59 hospitalsNE$348Missouri: median $705 across 64 hospitalsMO$705Kentucky: median $338 across 28 hospitalsKY$338West Virginia: median $678 across 34 hospitalsWV$678Virginia: median $1,656 across 45 hospitalsVA$1,656Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,984 across 20 hospitalsAZ$1,984New Mexico: median $1,150 across 15 hospitalsNM$1,150Kansas: median $238 across 67 hospitalsKS$238Arkansas: median $766 across 18 hospitalsAR$766Tennessee: median $383 across 37 hospitalsTN$383North Carolina: median $878 across 47 hospitalsNC$878South Carolina: median $1,269 across 36 hospitalsSC$1,269Oklahoma: median $193 across 35 hospitalsOK$193Louisiana: median $873 across 35 hospitalsLA$873Mississippi: median $600 across 44 hospitalsMS$600Alabama: median $938 across 22 hospitalsAL$938Georgia: median $2,016 across 42 hospitalsGA$2,016Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $827 across 106 hospitalsTX$827Florida: median $1,566 across 65 hospitalsFL$1,566
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $707. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA114$2,474+250%$656 – $5,118
New Jersey NJ52$2,162+206%$779 – $4,627
Georgia GA42$2,016+185%$462 – $4,862
Arizona AZ20$1,984+181%$502 – $3,785
Virginia VA45$1,656+134%$141 – $2,622
Florida FL65$1,566+121%$662 – $4,175
Ohio OH91$1,318+86%$371 – $1,990
South Carolina SC36$1,269+79%$1,123 – $2,741
Connecticut CT18$1,161+64%$630 – $6,592
New Mexico NM15$1,150+63%$302 – $3,997
New York NY100$1,019+44%$380 – $2,476
Massachusetts MA46$980+39%$569 – $2,120
Alabama AL22$938+33%$540 – $3,178
North Carolina NC47$878+24%$531 – $1,378
Pennsylvania PA95$877+24%$271 – $2,242
Louisiana LA35$873+23%$259 – $1,653
Texas TX106$827+17%$386 – $2,474
Arkansas AR18$766+8%$267 – $2,180
Indiana IN55$763+8%$294 – $1,677
Alaska AK13$712+1%$356 – $1,573
Missouri MO64$7050%$215 – $3,501
West Virginia WV34$678−4%$304 – $1,324
Colorado CO32$632−11%$298 – $2,126
Mississippi MS44$600−15%$228 – $1,179
Illinois IL80$542−23%$255 – $2,239
Idaho ID21$532−25%$210 – $1,783
Nevada NV11$515−27%$366 – $1,564
Washington WA56$474−33%$259 – $1,656
Minnesota MN74$449−37%$220 – $1,219
South Dakota SD19$445−37%$311 – $729
North Dakota ND23$444−37%$291 – $781
Michigan MI76$443−37%$123 – $1,701
Wisconsin WI69$437−38%$277 – $854
Oregon OR48$395−44%$245 – $2,015
Tennessee TN37$383−46%$39 – $4,036
Nebraska NE59$348−51%$250 – $774
Kentucky KY28$338−52%$176 – $1,761
Iowa IA76$335−53%$187 – $537
Vermont VT12$334−53%$212 – $1,067
Maine ME21$311−56%$206 – $912
Montana MT25$241−66%$100 – $479
Kansas KS67$238−66%$142 – $646
New Hampshire NH16$195−72%$93 – $572
Oklahoma OK35$193−73%$135 – $839
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not 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 $707.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,398$981$354 – $2,724
Children’s48$1,234$415 – $3,096
Critical access651$317$180 – $781
Ownership
For-profit178$1,576$541 – $5,031
Government445$366$195 – $1,179
Non-profit1,474$815$262 – $2,180
System affiliation
Part of a system1,635$833$277 – $2,501
Independent465$387$176 – $1,233

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,280
Median cash price$707
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

1,285 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $827 and the average of the middle 60% is $911; most fall between $277 and $1,991.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,285 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
$177$336$827$1,717$2,880

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($177 vs $2,880).

Of the 1,418 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,285 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 79 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,100 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (53%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,269 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,100
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here81
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded83
Hospitals that filed this code2,269

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 S/N/H/F/G 0.6-1.0cm.

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, scalp/neck/hands/feet, to 1 cm (CPT 11421) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11421-benign-skin-growth-removal-scalp-neck-hands-feet-to-1-cm