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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Cancerous skin lesion removal, scalp/hand/foot, 2.1-3 cm

CPT 11623the billing code this page is about

Cutting out a cancerous skin growth on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitals where the growth plus the rim of normal skin taken around it measures 2.1 to 3 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $937 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,371 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,137. Most fall between $412 and $2,443 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,371
States
49
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 1,371 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
$257$484$937$2,162$3,746

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($257 vs $3,746).

How the prices are spread

$191 – $268: 73 hospitals$191$268 – $375: 102 hospitals$375 – $525: 147 hospitals$375$525 – $735: 194 hospitals$735 – $1,029: 135 hospitals$735$1,029 – $1,441: 112 hospitals$1,441 – $2,017: 171 hospitals$1,441$2,017 – $2,824: 156 hospitals$2,824 – $3,954: 94 hospitals$2,824$3,954 – $5,535: 52 hospitals$3,954median $937price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,236 of 1,371 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$191$26873
$268$375102
$375$525147
$525$735194
$735$1,029135
$1,029$1,441112
$1,441$2,017171
$2,017$2,824156
$2,824$3,95494
$3,954$5,53552

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$937
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.56×

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 $937.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $496 across 14 hospitalsME$496Vermont: median $484 across 12 hospitalsVT$484New Hampshire: median $260 across 11 hospitalsNH$260Washington: median $633 across 33 hospitalsWA$633Idaho: median $1,163 across 16 hospitalsID$1,163Montana: median $477 across 20 hospitalsMT$477North Dakota: median $779 across 15 hospitalsND$779Minnesota: median $763 across 44 hospitalsMN$763Illinois: median $736 across 46 hospitalsIL$736Wisconsin: median $734 across 63 hospitalsWI$734Michigan: median $718 across 56 hospitalsMI$718New York: median $942 across 62 hospitalsNY$942Massachusetts: median $1,514 across 27 hospitalsMA$1,514Oregon: median $540 across 29 hospitalsOR$540Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $806 across 16 hospitalsSD$806Iowa: median $642 across 62 hospitalsIA$642Indiana: median $788 across 33 hospitalsIN$788Ohio: median $1,996 across 70 hospitalsOH$1,996Pennsylvania: median $1,688 across 62 hospitalsPA$1,688New Jersey: median $2,328 across 37 hospitalsNJ$2,328Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,290 across 57 hospitalsCA$2,290Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $750 across 25 hospitalsCO$750Nebraska: median $604 across 44 hospitalsNE$604Missouri: median $666 across 38 hospitalsMO$666Kentucky: median $490 across 18 hospitalsKY$490West Virginia: median $1,068 across 26 hospitalsWV$1,068Virginia: median $2,686 across 28 hospitalsVA$2,686Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 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 $433 across 53 hospitalsKS$433Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $744 across 18 hospitalsTN$744North Carolina: median $1,226 across 30 hospitalsNC$1,226South Carolina: median $3,384 across 16 hospitalsSC$3,384Oklahoma: median $343 across 29 hospitalsOK$343Louisiana: median $1,450 across 27 hospitalsLA$1,450Mississippi: median $745 across 22 hospitalsMS$745Alabama: median $1,631 across 17 hospitalsAL$1,631Georgia: median $1,849 across 26 hospitalsGA$1,849Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,650 across 52 hospitalsTX$1,650Florida: median $3,548 across 41 hospitalsFL$3,548
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $937. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL41$3,548+279%$1,509 – $5,315
South Carolina SC16$3,384+261%$453 – $4,964
Virginia VA28$2,686+187%$1,460 – $3,734
New Jersey NJ37$2,328+149%$1,880 – $5,419
California CA57$2,290+145%$656 – $3,746
Ohio OH70$1,996+113%$488 – $3,160
Georgia GA26$1,849+97%$927 – $4,862
Pennsylvania PA62$1,688+80%$489 – $3,127
Texas TX52$1,650+76%$635 – $2,583
Alabama AL17$1,631+74%$840 – $8,028
Massachusetts MA27$1,514+62%$861 – $2,030
Louisiana LA27$1,450+55%$639 – $2,403
North Carolina NC30$1,226+31%$973 – $1,753
Idaho ID16$1,163+24%$469 – $4,347
West Virginia WV26$1,068+14%$575 – $2,028
New York NY62$942+1%$355 – $2,062
South Dakota SD16$806−14%$760 – $1,357
Indiana IN33$788−16%$368 – $1,228
North Dakota ND15$779−17%$455 – $1,664
Minnesota MN44$763−19%$467 – $1,333
Colorado CO25$750−20%$405 – $2,093
Mississippi MS22$745−20%$445 – $2,944
Tennessee TN18$744−21%$239 – $2,065
Illinois IL46$736−21%$342 – $1,500
Wisconsin WI63$734−22%$532 – $1,548
Michigan MI56$718−23%$179 – $2,171
Missouri MO38$666−29%$410 – $2,543
Iowa IA62$642−31%$349 – $879
Washington WA33$633−32%$452 – $2,432
Nebraska NE44$604−36%$470 – $716
Oregon OR29$540−42%$256 – $778
Maine ME14$496−47%$326 – $847
Kentucky KY18$490−48%$294 – $1,389
Vermont VT12$484−48%$413 – $826
Montana MT20$477−49%$295 – $734
Kansas KS53$433−54%$220 – $712
Oklahoma OK29$343−63%$248 – $2,314
New Hampshire NH11$260−72%$196 – $922
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not 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 $937.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care873$1,569$504 – $3,160
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access482$596$328 – $1,088
Ownership
For-profit100$1,688$532 – $3,927
Government321$685$372 – $1,911
Non-profit947$1,006$420 – $2,583
System affiliation
Part of a system1,044$1,149$452 – $2,665
Independent327$629$342 – $1,702

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,259
Median cash price$937
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

782 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,039 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,213; most fall between $422 and $2,543.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 782 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
$290$520$1,039$2,301$3,734

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($290 vs $3,734).

Of the 862 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 782 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 46 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,371 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,485 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,371
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded46
Hospitals that filed this code1,485

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 S/N/H/F/G 2.1-3.0 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, scalp/hand/foot, 2.1-3 cm (CPT 11623) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11623-cancerous-skin-lesion-removal-scalp-hand-foot-2-1-3-cm