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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Benign skin growth removal, face/ears/lips, 0.6–1 cm

CPT 11441the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting out of a non-cancerous skin lesion on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, where the removed area measures 0.6 to 1.0 cm across, including simple closure.

Hospitals typically charge $603 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,822 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $667. Most fall between $245 and $1,448 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,822
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 1,822 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
$166$294$603$1,230$2,218

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($166 vs $2,218).

How the prices are spread

$110 – $159: 94 hospitals$110$159 – $230: 155 hospitals$230 – $332: 221 hospitals$230$332 – $479: 234 hospitals$479 – $692: 225 hospitals$479$692 – $999: 248 hospitals$999 – $1,444: 192 hospitals$999$1,444 – $2,085: 133 hospitals$2,085 – $3,011: 111 hospitals$2,085$3,011 – $4,350: 38 hospitals$3,011median $603price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,651 of 1,822 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$110$15994
$159$230155
$230$332221
$332$479234
$479$692225
$692$999248
$999$1,444192
$1,444$2,085133
$2,085$3,011111
$3,011$4,35038

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$603
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

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 $603.

Alaska: median $764 across 14 hospitalsAK$764Maine: median $410 across 19 hospitalsME$410Vermont: median $350 across 11 hospitalsVT$350New Hampshire: median $144 across 13 hospitalsNH$144Washington: median $489 across 46 hospitalsWA$489Idaho: median $412 across 17 hospitalsID$412Montana: median $273 across 24 hospitalsMT$273North Dakota: median $474 across 23 hospitalsND$474Minnesota: median $519 across 66 hospitalsMN$519Illinois: median $585 across 71 hospitalsIL$585Wisconsin: median $403 across 66 hospitalsWI$403Michigan: median $314 across 62 hospitalsMI$314New York: median $833 across 92 hospitalsNY$833Massachusetts: median $878 across 39 hospitalsMA$878Oregon: median $321 across 42 hospitalsOR$321Nevada: 8 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 $483 across 21 hospitalsSD$483Iowa: median $399 across 68 hospitalsIA$399Indiana: median $466 across 39 hospitalsIN$466Ohio: median $1,293 across 82 hospitalsOH$1,293Pennsylvania: median $837 across 80 hospitalsPA$837New Jersey: median $2,162 across 37 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: median $1,042 across 12 hospitalsCT$1,042Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,470 across 111 hospitalsCA$1,470Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $497 across 28 hospitalsCO$497Nebraska: median $353 across 53 hospitalsNE$353Missouri: median $326 across 47 hospitalsMO$326Kentucky: median $285 across 26 hospitalsKY$285West Virginia: median $660 across 33 hospitalsWV$660Virginia: median $1,150 across 37 hospitalsVA$1,150Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $597 across 11 hospitalsAZ$597New Mexico: median $837 across 12 hospitalsNM$837Kansas: median $260 across 63 hospitalsKS$260Arkansas: median $400 across 14 hospitalsAR$400Tennessee: median $323 across 21 hospitalsTN$323North Carolina: median $656 across 42 hospitalsNC$656South Carolina: median $1,847 across 32 hospitalsSC$1,847Oklahoma: median $209 across 28 hospitalsOK$209Louisiana: median $517 across 29 hospitalsLA$517Mississippi: median $366 across 28 hospitalsMS$366Alabama: median $632 across 19 hospitalsAL$632Georgia: median $572 across 35 hospitalsGA$572Hawaii: median $407 across 10 hospitalsHI$407Texas: median $763 across 104 hospitalsTX$763Florida: median $1,045 across 60 hospitalsFL$1,045
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $603. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ37$2,162+259%$779 – $4,881
South Carolina SC32$1,847+206%$736 – $1,912
California CA111$1,470+144%$473 – $2,218
Ohio OH82$1,293+114%$370 – $1,448
Virginia VA37$1,150+91%$323 – $1,230
Florida FL60$1,045+73%$637 – $2,658
Connecticut CT12$1,042+73%$1,019 – $1,492
Massachusetts MA39$878+46%$458 – $2,117
New Mexico NM12$837+39%$454 – $4,670
Pennsylvania PA80$837+39%$252 – $2,185
New York NY92$833+38%$235 – $1,925
Alaska AK14$764+27%$432 – $1,560
Texas TX104$763+26%$373 – $1,048
West Virginia WV33$660+9%$304 – $1,224
North Carolina NC42$656+9%$452 – $1,499
Alabama AL19$632+5%$233 – $2,905
Arizona AZ11$597−1%$284 – $869
Illinois IL71$585−3%$289 – $1,690
Georgia GA35$572−5%$410 – $2,522
Minnesota MN66$519−14%$237 – $676
Louisiana LA29$517−14%$307 – $1,136
Colorado CO28$497−18%$270 – $923
Washington WA46$489−19%$261 – $1,389
South Dakota SD21$483−20%$330 – $666
North Dakota ND23$474−21%$313 – $1,049
Indiana IN39$466−23%$203 – $993
Idaho ID17$412−32%$210 – $1,783
Maine ME19$410−32%$171 – $551
Hawaii HI10$407−33%$196 – $1,172
Wisconsin WI66$403−33%$297 – $1,045
Arkansas AR14$400−34%$317 – $2,989
Iowa IA68$399−34%$241 – $513
Mississippi MS28$366−39%$200 – $645
Nebraska NE53$353−41%$254 – $547
Vermont VT11$350−42%$242 – $728
Missouri MO47$326−46%$214 – $1,259
Tennessee TN21$323−46%$173 – $912
Oregon OR42$321−47%$210 – $1,583
Michigan MI62$314−48%$110 – $765
Kentucky KY26$285−53%$202 – $723
Montana MT24$273−55%$184 – $422
Kansas KS63$260−57%$143 – $502
Oklahoma OK28$209−65%$151 – $809
New Hampshire NH13$144−76%$96 – $467
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $603.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,180$782$314 – $1,896
Children’s46$914$443 – $3,060
Critical access595$338$195 – $675
Ownership
For-profit148$814$433 – $2,960
Government402$370$214 – $853
Non-profit1,271$675$265 – $1,516
System affiliation
Part of a system1,407$675$280 – $1,541
Independent415$386$195 – $923

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$870
Median cash price$603
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

1,103 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $656 and the average of the middle 60% is $700; most fall between $274 and $1,418.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,103 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
$186$316$656$1,265$1,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($186 vs $1,934).

Of the 1,190 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,103 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,822 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,952 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,822
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here71
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded58
Hospitals that filed this code1,952

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 Les Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg F/E/E/N/L/M 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, face/ears/lips, 0.6–1 cm (CPT 11441) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11441-benign-skin-growth-removal-face-ears-lips-0-61-cm