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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Benign skin growth removal, face/ears/lips, 3.1–4 cm

CPT 11444the 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 3.1 to 4.0 cm across, including simple closure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,152 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,350 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,328. Most fall between $435 and $2,926 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,350
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 1,350 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
$295$500$1,152$2,553$4,582

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($295 vs $4,582).

How the prices are spread

$203 – $281: 63 hospitals$203$281 – $390: 99 hospitals$390 – $541: 154 hospitals$390$541 – $750: 153 hospitals$750 – $1,041: 107 hospitals$750$1,041 – $1,443: 113 hospitals$1,443 – $2,001: 167 hospitals$1,443$2,001 – $2,776: 150 hospitals$2,776 – $3,850: 109 hospitals$2,776$3,850 – $5,339: 109 hospitals$3,850median $1,152price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,224 of 1,350 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$203$28163
$281$39099
$390$541154
$541$750153
$750$1,041107
$1,041$1,443113
$1,443$2,001167
$2,001$2,776150
$2,776$3,850109
$3,850$5,339109

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,152
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.68×

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 $1,152.

Alaska: median $1,660 across 11 hospitalsAK$1,660Maine: median $480 across 13 hospitalsME$480Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $936 across 46 hospitalsWA$936Idaho: median $927 across 14 hospitalsID$927Montana: median $431 across 18 hospitalsMT$431North Dakota: median $758 across 12 hospitalsND$758Minnesota: median $610 across 40 hospitalsMN$610Illinois: median $809 across 51 hospitalsIL$809Wisconsin: median $791 across 56 hospitalsWI$791Michigan: median $730 across 52 hospitalsMI$730New York: median $1,687 across 64 hospitalsNY$1,687Massachusetts: median $1,795 across 23 hospitalsMA$1,795Oregon: median $690 across 34 hospitalsOR$690Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,152 across 12 hospitalsSD$1,152Iowa: median $697 across 50 hospitalsIA$697Indiana: median $966 across 32 hospitalsIN$966Ohio: median $2,977 across 66 hospitalsOH$2,977Pennsylvania: median $2,185 across 65 hospitalsPA$2,185New Jersey: median $2,162 across 38 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: 8 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 $2,553 across 89 hospitalsCA$2,553Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,165 across 24 hospitalsCO$1,165Nebraska: median $582 across 38 hospitalsNE$582Missouri: median $690 across 31 hospitalsMO$690Kentucky: median $495 across 15 hospitalsKY$495West Virginia: median $1,336 across 29 hospitalsWV$1,336Virginia: median $2,508 across 27 hospitalsVA$2,508Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $459 across 36 hospitalsKS$459Arkansas: median $1,366 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,366Tennessee: median $286 across 18 hospitalsTN$286North Carolina: median $1,570 across 40 hospitalsNC$1,570South Carolina: median $2,916 across 16 hospitalsSC$2,916Oklahoma: median $342 across 26 hospitalsOK$342Louisiana: median $793 across 21 hospitalsLA$793Mississippi: median $532 across 19 hospitalsMS$532Alabama: median $1,474 across 16 hospitalsAL$1,474Georgia: median $547 across 27 hospitalsGA$547Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,610 across 70 hospitalsTX$1,610Florida: median $2,273 across 30 hospitalsFL$2,273
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,152. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH66$2,977+158%$560 – $3,160
South Carolina SC16$2,916+153%$1,758 – $4,831
California CA89$2,553+122%$856 – $5,303
Virginia VA27$2,508+118%$837 – $4,998
Florida FL30$2,273+97%$1,210 – $3,949
Pennsylvania PA65$2,185+90%$738 – $3,394
New Jersey NJ38$2,162+88%$1,880 – $5,741
Massachusetts MA23$1,795+56%$1,266 – $3,477
New York NY64$1,687+46%$411 – $3,240
Alaska AK11$1,660+44%$731 – $1,853
Texas TX70$1,610+40%$794 – $2,625
North Carolina NC40$1,570+36%$1,033 – $2,574
Alabama AL16$1,474+28%$792 – $2,418
Arkansas AR10$1,366+19%$511 – $2,710
West Virginia WV29$1,336+16%$358 – $4,111
Colorado CO24$1,165+1%$515 – $4,424
South Dakota SD12$1,1520%$516 – $2,172
Indiana IN32$966−16%$320 – $1,747
Washington WA46$936−19%$531 – $2,624
Idaho ID14$927−20%$424 – $4,347
Illinois IL51$809−30%$449 – $1,622
Louisiana LA21$793−31%$473 – $2,077
Wisconsin WI56$791−31%$498 – $1,390
North Dakota ND12$758−34%$504 – $1,664
Michigan MI52$730−37%$277 – $5,137
Iowa IA50$697−40%$400 – $834
Missouri MO31$690−40%$455 – $2,089
Oregon OR34$690−40%$521 – $4,008
Minnesota MN40$610−47%$390 – $1,193
Nebraska NE38$582−49%$457 – $1,248
Georgia GA27$547−53%$203 – $4,609
Mississippi MS19$532−54%$362 – $1,689
Kentucky KY15$495−57%$283 – $981
Maine ME13$480−58%$329 – $850
Kansas KS36$459−60%$350 – $1,275
Montana MT18$431−63%$319 – $686
Oklahoma OK26$342−70%$342 – $1,855
Tennessee TN18$286−75%$180 – $2,065
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $1,152.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care874$1,723$521 – $3,464
Children’s41$1,953$515 – $6,417
Critical access433$610$359 – $1,248
Ownership
For-profit105$1,650$561 – $3,693
Government305$719$389 – $1,917
Non-profit938$1,293$459 – $3,160
System affiliation
Part of a system1,035$1,433$475 – $3,160
Independent315$665$385 – $1,884

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,659
Median cash price$1,152
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

795 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,214 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,418; most fall between $435 and $3,058.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 795 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
$295$498$1,214$2,695$4,420

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($295 vs $4,420).

Of the 871 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 795 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 47 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,350 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 1,469 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,350
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 — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded51
Hospitals that filed this code1,469

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 3.1-4.0cm.

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, 3.1–4 cm (CPT 11444) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11444-benign-skin-growth-removal-face-ears-lips-3-14-cm