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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Cancerous skin lesion removal, trunk/arm/leg, over 4 cm

CPT 11606the 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 more than 4 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $1,440 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,682 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,627. Most fall between $617 and $3,693 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,682
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 1,682 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
$422$729$1,440$2,978$6,340

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($422 vs $6,340).

How the prices are spread

$313 – $436: 99 hospitals$313$436 – $609: 134 hospitals$609 – $850: 200 hospitals$609$850 – $1,186: 220 hospitals$1,186 – $1,655: 176 hospitals$1,186$1,655 – $2,310: 235 hospitals$2,310 – $3,224: 142 hospitals$2,310$3,224 – $4,499: 122 hospitals$4,499 – $6,279: 92 hospitals$4,499$6,279 – $8,764: 96 hospitals$6,279median $1,440price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,516 of 1,682 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$313$43699
$436$609134
$609$850200
$850$1,186220
$1,186$1,655176
$1,655$2,310235
$2,310$3,224142
$3,224$4,499122
$4,499$6,27992
$6,279$8,76496

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,440
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.85×

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 $1,440.

Alaska: median $2,158 across 12 hospitalsAK$2,158Maine: median $742 across 15 hospitalsME$742Vermont: median $638 across 12 hospitalsVT$638New Hampshire: median $492 across 14 hospitalsNH$492Washington: median $1,056 across 50 hospitalsWA$1,056Idaho: median $976 across 18 hospitalsID$976Montana: median $637 across 21 hospitalsMT$637North Dakota: median $1,208 across 17 hospitalsND$1,208Minnesota: median $1,085 across 61 hospitalsMN$1,085Illinois: median $1,307 across 65 hospitalsIL$1,307Wisconsin: median $1,073 across 63 hospitalsWI$1,073Michigan: median $965 across 60 hospitalsMI$965New York: median $1,917 across 79 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $2,461 across 30 hospitalsMA$2,461Oregon: median $819 across 32 hospitalsOR$819Nevada: 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 $1,712 across 17 hospitalsSD$1,712Iowa: median $918 across 68 hospitalsIA$918Indiana: median $1,348 across 47 hospitalsIN$1,348Ohio: median $2,566 across 68 hospitalsOH$2,566Pennsylvania: median $1,904 across 71 hospitalsPA$1,904New Jersey: median $2,163 across 36 hospitalsNJ$2,163Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,113 across 82 hospitalsCA$2,113Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,398 across 37 hospitalsCO$1,398Nebraska: median $952 across 49 hospitalsNE$952Missouri: median $1,702 across 55 hospitalsMO$1,702Kentucky: median $698 across 23 hospitalsKY$698West Virginia: median $1,533 across 31 hospitalsWV$1,533Virginia: median $2,686 across 39 hospitalsVA$2,686Maryland: median $985 across 10 hospitalsMD$985Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,348 across 19 hospitalsAZ$5,348New Mexico: median $2,246 across 13 hospitalsNM$2,246Kansas: median $610 across 60 hospitalsKS$610Arkansas: median $997 across 13 hospitalsAR$997Tennessee: median $613 across 32 hospitalsTN$613North Carolina: median $1,386 across 34 hospitalsNC$1,386South Carolina: median $3,384 across 22 hospitalsSC$3,384Oklahoma: median $539 across 25 hospitalsOK$539Louisiana: median $1,885 across 31 hospitalsLA$1,885Mississippi: median $990 across 27 hospitalsMS$990Alabama: median $1,984 across 19 hospitalsAL$1,984Georgia: median $1,910 across 48 hospitalsGA$1,910Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,054 across 59 hospitalsTX$3,054Florida: median $3,551 across 53 hospitalsFL$3,551
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,440. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ19$5,348+271%$1,041 – $5,348
Florida FL53$3,551+147%$1,578 – $5,327
South Carolina SC22$3,384+135%$582 – $8,414
Texas TX59$3,054+112%$920 – $4,528
Virginia VA39$2,686+86%$837 – $6,071
Ohio OH68$2,566+78%$777 – $7,071
Massachusetts MA30$2,461+71%$1,115 – $4,329
New Mexico NM13$2,246+56%$1,211 – $6,323
New Jersey NJ36$2,163+50%$1,795 – $5,339
Alaska AK12$2,158+50%$1,521 – $2,839
California CA82$2,113+47%$1,059 – $8,764
Alabama AL19$1,984+38%$1,144 – $7,911
New York NY79$1,917+33%$551 – $4,595
Georgia GA48$1,910+33%$1,471 – $5,810
Pennsylvania PA71$1,904+32%$560 – $3,489
Louisiana LA31$1,885+31%$728 – $3,055
South Dakota SD17$1,712+19%$1,036 – $2,065
Missouri MO55$1,702+18%$593 – $6,474
West Virginia WV31$1,533+6%$722 – $3,193
Colorado CO37$1,398−3%$654 – $4,306
North Carolina NC34$1,386−4%$1,200 – $3,939
Indiana IN47$1,348−6%$693 – $2,978
Illinois IL65$1,307−9%$697 – $4,638
North Dakota ND17$1,208−16%$783 – $1,664
Minnesota MN61$1,085−25%$673 – $2,289
Wisconsin WI63$1,073−26%$796 – $1,682
Washington WA50$1,056−27%$742 – $3,368
Arkansas AR13$997−31%$589 – $2,521
Mississippi MS27$990−31%$534 – $1,857
Maryland MD10$985−32%$739 – $9,380
Idaho ID18$976−32%$534 – $4,347
Michigan MI60$965−33%$269 – $2,271
Nebraska NE49$952−34%$733 – $1,685
Iowa IA68$918−36%$510 – $1,254
Oregon OR32$819−43%$648 – $1,294
Maine ME15$742−48%$427 – $1,042
Kentucky KY23$698−52%$331 – $1,679
Vermont VT12$638−56%$428 – $2,014
Montana MT21$637−56%$462 – $1,088
Tennessee TN32$613−57%$561 – $2,189
Kansas KS60$610−58%$400 – $1,191
Oklahoma OK25$539−63%$539 – $3,303
New Hampshire NH14$492−66%$304 – $1,614
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not 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 $1,440.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,108$1,917$796 – $4,765
Children’s24$3,368$914 – $8,239
Critical access548$857$473 – $1,694
Ownership
For-profit152$2,403$906 – $8,271
Government380$1,014$560 – $2,185
Non-profit1,148$1,564$625 – $3,835
System affiliation
Part of a system1,295$1,686$677 – $4,233
Independent387$937$494 – $2,158

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,143
Median cash price$1,440
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

951 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,420 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,549; most fall between $626 and $3,195.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 951 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
$478$745$1,420$2,686$4,638

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($478 vs $4,638).

Of the 1,044 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 951 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 57 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,682 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,824 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,682
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here70
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded62
Hospitals that filed this code1,824

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 Malignant Lesion Trunk/Arm/Leg > 4.0 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, over 4 cm (CPT 11606) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11606-cancerous-skin-lesion-removal-trunk-arm-leg-over-4-cm