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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Cancerous skin lesion removal, trunk/arm/leg, 0.6-1 cm

CPT 11601the billing code this page is about

Cutting out a cancerous skin growth on the trunk, arm, or leg where the growth plus the rim of normal skin taken around it measures 0.6 to 1 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $558 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,478 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $613. Most fall between $273 and $1,188 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,478
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 1,478 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
$183$330$558$982$1,960

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($183 vs $1,960).

How the prices are spread

$131 – $178: 69 hospitals$131$178 – $244: 107 hospitals$244 – $334: 134 hospitals$244$334 – $457: 187 hospitals$457 – $624: 230 hospitals$457$624 – $854: 226 hospitals$854 – $1,168: 152 hospitals$854$1,168 – $1,597: 117 hospitals$1,597 – $2,185: 64 hospitals$1,597$2,185 – $2,988: 46 hospitals$2,185median $558price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,332 of 1,478 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$131$17869
$178$244107
$244$334134
$334$457187
$457$624230
$624$854226
$854$1,168152
$1,168$1,597117
$1,597$2,18564
$2,185$2,98846

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$558
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.77×

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 $558.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $393 across 16 hospitalsME$393Vermont: median $329 across 12 hospitalsVT$329New Hampshire: median $193 across 13 hospitalsNH$193Washington: median $487 across 32 hospitalsWA$487Idaho: median $534 across 15 hospitalsID$534Montana: median $347 across 21 hospitalsMT$347North Dakota: median $613 across 17 hospitalsND$613Minnesota: median $572 across 60 hospitalsMN$572Illinois: median $446 across 46 hospitalsIL$446Wisconsin: median $543 across 63 hospitalsWI$543Michigan: median $490 across 57 hospitalsMI$490New York: median $812 across 66 hospitalsNY$812Massachusetts: median $771 across 24 hospitalsMA$771Oregon: median $416 across 31 hospitalsOR$416Nevada: 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 $634 across 15 hospitalsSD$634Iowa: median $465 across 67 hospitalsIA$465Indiana: median $542 across 35 hospitalsIN$542Ohio: median $863 across 75 hospitalsOH$863Pennsylvania: median $825 across 73 hospitalsPA$825New Jersey: median $2,947 across 40 hospitalsNJ$2,947Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,274 across 73 hospitalsCA$1,274Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $425 across 23 hospitalsCO$425Nebraska: median $469 across 45 hospitalsNE$469Missouri: median $388 across 31 hospitalsMO$388Kentucky: median $303 across 19 hospitalsKY$303West Virginia: median $654 across 26 hospitalsWV$654Virginia: median $1,113 across 34 hospitalsVA$1,113Maryland: median $423 across 10 hospitalsMD$423Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $310 across 57 hospitalsKS$310Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $175 across 24 hospitalsTN$175North Carolina: median $789 across 29 hospitalsNC$789South Carolina: median $907 across 29 hospitalsSC$907Oklahoma: median $244 across 30 hospitalsOK$244Louisiana: median $496 across 29 hospitalsLA$496Mississippi: median $298 across 24 hospitalsMS$298Alabama: median $639 across 16 hospitalsAL$639Georgia: median $824 across 30 hospitalsGA$824Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $666 across 52 hospitalsTX$666Florida: median $1,715 across 42 hospitalsFL$1,715
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $558. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ40$2,947+428%$821 – $4,709
Florida FL42$1,715+207%$706 – $2,216
California CA73$1,274+128%$694 – $2,206
Virginia VA34$1,113+99%$136 – $1,223
South Carolina SC29$907+63%$854 – $1,411
Ohio OH75$863+55%$345 – $1,408
Pennsylvania PA73$825+48%$311 – $1,515
Georgia GA30$824+48%$468 – $4,862
New York NY66$812+46%$260 – $1,325
North Carolina NC29$789+41%$473 – $856
Massachusetts MA24$771+38%$503 – $1,188
Texas TX52$666+19%$308 – $1,237
West Virginia WV26$654+17%$400 – $814
Alabama AL16$639+15%$263 – $4,440
South Dakota SD15$634+14%$281 – $698
North Dakota ND17$613+10%$173 – $723
Minnesota MN60$572+2%$330 – $917
Wisconsin WI63$543−3%$405 – $732
Indiana IN35$542−3%$304 – $887
Idaho ID15$534−4%$462 – $1,783
Louisiana LA29$496−11%$351 – $1,358
Michigan MI57$490−12%$125 – $817
Washington WA32$487−13%$372 – $839
Nebraska NE45$469−16%$348 – $551
Iowa IA67$465−17%$292 – $563
Illinois IL46$446−20%$264 – $875
Colorado CO23$425−24%$251 – $3,485
Maryland MD10$423−24%$192 – $1,765
Oregon OR31$416−25%$248 – $637
Maine ME16$393−30%$269 – $571
Missouri MO31$388−30%$239 – $849
Montana MT21$347−38%$258 – $500
Vermont VT12$329−41%$203 – $552
Kansas KS57$310−44%$200 – $459
Kentucky KY19$303−46%$210 – $546
Mississippi MS24$298−47%$228 – $864
Oklahoma OK30$244−56%$215 – $1,244
New Hampshire NH13$193−66%$131 – $530
Tennessee TN24$175−69%$136 – $412
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not 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 $558.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care948$755$330 – $1,411
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access514$418$233 – $673
Ownership
For-profit87$794$357 – $1,693
Government356$441$248 – $812
Non-profit1,032$613$291 – $1,274
System affiliation
Part of a system1,128$625$303 – $1,274
Independent350$440$235 – $812

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$780
Median cash price$558
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

897 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $581 and the average of the middle 60% is $668; most fall between $271 and $1,274.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 897 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
$187$334$581$1,132$2,016

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($187 vs $2,016).

Of the 989 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 897 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,478 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,598 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,478
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
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 code1,598

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 September 4, 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 Excision Mal Lesion Trunk/Arm/Leg 0.6-1.0 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, “Cancerous skin lesion removal, trunk/arm/leg, 0.6-1 cm (CPT 11601) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11601-cancerous-skin-lesion-removal-trunk-arm-leg-0-6-1-cm