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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Benign growth removal, scalp/neck/hands/feet, 2.1–3 cm

CPT 11423the 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 2.1 to 3.0 cm across, including simple closure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,382 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,930 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,395. Most fall between $336 and $3,233 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,930
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 1,930 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
$220$392$1,382$2,808$5,030

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($220 vs $5,030).

How the prices are spread

$155 – $227: 106 hospitals$155$227 – $333: 181 hospitals$333 – $488: 225 hospitals$333$488 – $716: 142 hospitals$716 – $1,051: 126 hospitals$716$1,051 – $1,542: 176 hospitals$1,542 – $2,262: 287 hospitals$1,542$2,262 – $3,318: 223 hospitals$3,318 – $4,868: 163 hospitals$3,318$4,868 – $7,142: 110 hospitals$4,868median $1,382price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,739 of 1,930 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$155$227106
$227$333181
$333$488225
$488$716142
$716$1,051126
$1,051$1,542176
$1,542$2,262287
$2,262$3,318223
$3,318$4,868163
$4,868$7,142110

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,382
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.82×

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 $1,382.

Alaska: median $1,270 across 13 hospitalsAK$1,270Maine: median $349 across 19 hospitalsME$349Vermont: median $547 across 12 hospitalsVT$547New Hampshire: median $174 across 14 hospitalsNH$174Washington: median $890 across 54 hospitalsWA$890Idaho: median $1,224 across 18 hospitalsID$1,224Montana: median $399 across 23 hospitalsMT$399North Dakota: median $570 across 19 hospitalsND$570Minnesota: median $668 across 70 hospitalsMN$668Illinois: median $676 across 72 hospitalsIL$676Wisconsin: median $523 across 64 hospitalsWI$523Michigan: median $1,186 across 71 hospitalsMI$1,186New York: median $1,917 across 86 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $2,017 across 39 hospitalsMA$2,017Oregon: median $475 across 45 hospitalsOR$475Nevada: median $734 across 12 hospitalsNV$734Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $565 across 19 hospitalsSD$565Iowa: median $473 across 66 hospitalsIA$473Indiana: median $1,027 across 56 hospitalsIN$1,027Ohio: median $1,967 across 90 hospitalsOH$1,967Pennsylvania: median $1,904 across 75 hospitalsPA$1,904New Jersey: median $2,162 across 42 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: median $2,312 across 14 hospitalsCT$2,312Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,808 across 114 hospitalsCA$2,808Utah: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,086 across 31 hospitalsCO$1,086Nebraska: median $428 across 53 hospitalsNE$428Missouri: median $1,521 across 59 hospitalsMO$1,521Kentucky: median $485 across 31 hospitalsKY$485West Virginia: median $1,524 across 37 hospitalsWV$1,524Virginia: median $2,344 across 40 hospitalsVA$2,344Maryland: 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 $1,607 across 13 hospitalsAZ$1,607New Mexico: median $905 across 21 hospitalsNM$905Kansas: median $358 across 64 hospitalsKS$358Arkansas: median $448 across 20 hospitalsAR$448Tennessee: median $539 across 27 hospitalsTN$539North Carolina: median $1,200 across 49 hospitalsNC$1,200South Carolina: median $1,398 across 31 hospitalsSC$1,398Oklahoma: median $246 across 30 hospitalsOK$246Louisiana: median $1,774 across 34 hospitalsLA$1,774Mississippi: median $1,376 across 33 hospitalsMS$1,376Alabama: median $1,984 across 21 hospitalsAL$1,984Georgia: median $4,862 across 35 hospitalsGA$4,862Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,824 across 100 hospitalsTX$1,824Florida: median $3,373 across 54 hospitalsFL$3,373
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,382. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA35$4,862+252%$580 – $5,688
Florida FL54$3,373+144%$1,626 – $4,793
California CA114$2,808+103%$675 – $6,933
Virginia VA40$2,344+70%$1,460 – $4,812
Connecticut CT14$2,312+67%$845 – $8,502
New Jersey NJ42$2,162+56%$1,880 – $5,339
Massachusetts MA39$2,017+46%$757 – $3,856
Alabama AL21$1,984+44%$566 – $4,464
Ohio OH90$1,967+42%$630 – $3,160
New York NY86$1,917+39%$435 – $4,456
Pennsylvania PA75$1,904+38%$274 – $3,710
Texas TX100$1,824+32%$511 – $2,839
Louisiana LA34$1,774+28%$669 – $4,341
Arizona AZ13$1,607+16%$264 – $10,043
West Virginia WV37$1,524+10%$552 – $2,847
Missouri MO59$1,521+10%$341 – $4,616
South Carolina SC31$1,398+1%$1,398 – $3,403
Mississippi MS33$1,3760%$292 – $2,000
Alaska AK13$1,270−8%$507 – $2,207
Idaho ID18$1,224−11%$335 – $4,347
North Carolina NC49$1,200−13%$921 – $2,528
Michigan MI71$1,186−14%$220 – $2,861
Colorado CO31$1,086−21%$295 – $3,712
Indiana IN56$1,027−26%$318 – $3,745
New Mexico NM21$905−34%$246 – $3,255
Washington WA54$890−36%$378 – $3,464
Nevada NV12$734−47%$312 – $1,796
Illinois IL72$676−51%$345 – $2,484
Minnesota MN70$668−52%$277 – $1,428
North Dakota ND19$570−59%$354 – $2,115
South Dakota SD19$565−59%$304 – $1,534
Vermont VT12$547−60%$274 – $2,558
Tennessee TN27$539−61%$259 – $3,022
Wisconsin WI64$523−62%$357 – $1,356
Kentucky KY31$485−65%$204 – $1,803
Oregon OR45$475−66%$286 – $3,976
Iowa IA66$473−66%$275 – $1,097
Arkansas AR20$448−68%$322 – $2,791
Nebraska NE53$428−69%$300 – $1,019
Montana MT23$399−71%$190 – $622
Kansas KS64$358−74%$228 – $1,525
Maine ME19$349−75%$238 – $1,181
Oklahoma OK30$246−82%$246 – $3,049
New Hampshire NH14$174−87%$130 – $668
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $1,382.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,286$1,851$501 – $4,117
Children’s36$1,383$470 – $2,418
Critical access606$443$247 – $1,376
Ownership
For-profit175$2,720$746 – $7,385
Government418$521$274 – $1,917
Non-profit1,335$1,460$356 – $3,233
System affiliation
Part of a system1,494$1,553$377 – $3,580
Independent436$579$254 – $2,126

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,963
Median cash price$1,382
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

1,164 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,398 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,442; most fall between $356 and $3,065.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,164 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
$239$405$1,398$2,770$4,727

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($239 vs $4,727).

Of the 1,291 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,164 gave a usable cash price; 59 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 68 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,930 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (49%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,101 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,930
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here89
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded74
Hospitals that filed this code2,101

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 2.1-3.0cm.

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 growth removal, scalp/neck/hands/feet, 2.1–3 cm (CPT 11423) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11423-benign-growth-removal-scalp-neck-hands-feet-2-13-cm