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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Cancerous skin lesion removal, scalp/hand/foot, over 4 cm

CPT 11626the 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 more than 4 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $1,462 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,271 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,845. Most fall between $584 and $4,270 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,271
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 1,271 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
$395$689$1,462$3,632$5,918

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($395 vs $5,918).

How the prices are spread

$292 – $409: 75 hospitals$292$409 – $574: 113 hospitals$574 – $805: 148 hospitals$574$805 – $1,130: 160 hospitals$1,130 – $1,585: 91 hospitals$1,130$1,585 – $2,224: 89 hospitals$2,224 – $3,121: 152 hospitals$2,224$3,121 – $4,379: 135 hospitals$4,379 – $6,145: 125 hospitals$4,379$6,145 – $8,622: 59 hospitals$6,145median $1,462price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,147 of 1,271 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$292$40975
$409$574113
$574$805148
$805$1,130160
$1,130$1,58591
$1,585$2,22489
$2,224$3,121152
$3,121$4,379135
$4,379$6,145125
$6,145$8,62259

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$1,462
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.49×

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 $1,462.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $639 across 13 hospitalsME$639Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $290 across 10 hospitalsNH$290Washington: median $1,171 across 34 hospitalsWA$1,171Idaho: median $2,828 across 19 hospitalsID$2,828Montana: median $625 across 17 hospitalsMT$625North Dakota: median $1,140 across 11 hospitalsND$1,140Minnesota: median $1,062 across 36 hospitalsMN$1,062Illinois: median $1,106 across 45 hospitalsIL$1,106Wisconsin: median $973 across 58 hospitalsWI$973Michigan: median $766 across 48 hospitalsMI$766New York: median $3,387 across 72 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: median $4,169 across 21 hospitalsMA$4,169Oregon: median $789 across 32 hospitalsOR$789Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,106 across 13 hospitalsSD$1,106Iowa: median $827 across 54 hospitalsIA$827Indiana: median $1,203 across 33 hospitalsIN$1,203Ohio: median $1,174 across 38 hospitalsOH$1,174Pennsylvania: median $2,969 across 57 hospitalsPA$2,969New Jersey: median $3,819 across 37 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 4 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 $3,391 across 50 hospitalsCA$3,391Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,970 across 28 hospitalsCO$1,970Nebraska: median $878 across 38 hospitalsNE$878Missouri: median $878 across 38 hospitalsMO$878Kentucky: median $658 across 19 hospitalsKY$658West Virginia: median $1,760 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,760Virginia: median $4,643 across 26 hospitalsVA$4,643Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,105 across 10 hospitalsAZ$2,105New Mexico: median $2,734 across 12 hospitalsNM$2,734Kansas: median $628 across 51 hospitalsKS$628Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $900 across 19 hospitalsTN$900North Carolina: median $2,850 across 33 hospitalsNC$2,850South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $477 across 26 hospitalsOK$477Louisiana: median $2,047 across 22 hospitalsLA$2,047Mississippi: median $1,223 across 17 hospitalsMS$1,223Alabama: median $2,592 across 16 hospitalsAL$2,592Georgia: median $3,706 across 28 hospitalsGA$3,706Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,745 across 46 hospitalsTX$2,745Florida: median $4,124 across 47 hospitalsFL$4,124
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,462. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA26$4,643+217%$1,689 – $7,797
Massachusetts MA21$4,169+185%$1,808 – $4,866
Florida FL47$4,124+182%$1,881 – $6,976
New Jersey NJ37$3,819+161%$3,171 – $5,741
Georgia GA28$3,706+153%$1,625 – $5,810
California CA50$3,391+132%$810 – $5,634
New York NY72$3,387+132%$572 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA57$2,969+103%$964 – $5,393
North Carolina NC33$2,850+95%$1,633 – $3,822
Idaho ID19$2,828+93%$530 – $7,765
Texas TX46$2,745+88%$1,077 – $4,733
New Mexico NM12$2,734+87%$830 – $14,806
Alabama AL16$2,592+77%$1,141 – $7,873
Arizona AZ10$2,105+44%$453 – $7,281
Louisiana LA22$2,047+40%$662 – $4,525
Colorado CO28$1,970+35%$671 – $5,981
West Virginia WV23$1,760+20%$466 – $4,326
Mississippi MS17$1,223−16%$593 – $3,911
Indiana IN33$1,203−18%$498 – $1,981
Ohio OH38$1,174−20%$471 – $5,292
Washington WA34$1,171−20%$676 – $5,054
North Dakota ND11$1,140−22%$720 – $2,944
Illinois IL45$1,106−24%$599 – $2,583
South Dakota SD13$1,106−24%$933 – $1,570
Minnesota MN36$1,062−27%$635 – $1,814
Wisconsin WI58$973−33%$721 – $2,076
Tennessee TN19$900−38%$332 – $3,632
Nebraska NE38$878−40%$659 – $2,285
Missouri MO38$878−40%$521 – $3,398
Iowa IA54$827−43%$384 – $1,410
Oregon OR32$789−46%$558 – $1,220
Michigan MI48$766−48%$352 – $3,910
Kentucky KY19$658−55%$395 – $1,786
Maine ME13$639−56%$506 – $1,532
Kansas KS51$628−57%$404 – $1,950
Montana MT17$625−57%$395 – $1,042
Oklahoma OK26$477−67%$477 – $1,384
New Hampshire NH10$290−80%$211 – $687
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $1,462.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care830$2,559$728 – $5,102
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access430$840$464 – $1,814
Ownership
For-profit103$3,478$727 – $7,958
Government301$1,054$521 – $3,387
Non-profit866$1,471$577 – $4,329
System affiliation
Part of a system955$1,814$634 – $4,643
Independent316$988$493 – $2,935

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,907
Median cash price$1,462
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

699 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,408 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,802; most fall between $569 and $4,339.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 699 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
$420$687$1,408$3,680$5,810

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($420 vs $5,810).

Of the 774 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 699 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 43 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,271 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (32%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,390 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,271
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded50
Hospitals that filed this code1,390

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 >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, scalp/hand/foot, over 4 cm (CPT 11626) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11626-cancerous-skin-lesion-removal-scalp-hand-foot-over-4-cm