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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Skin cancer destruction, scalp/neck/hand/foot, 0.6-1 cm

CPT 17271the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a cancerous skin growth on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitals by freezing, burning, laser, or chemicals; covers one lesion measuring 0.6 to 1.0 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $263 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 760 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $276. Most fall between $152 and $446 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
760
States
48
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 760 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
$104$173$263$397$584

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($104 vs $584).

How the prices are spread

$79 – $98: 28 hospitals$79$98 – $122: 38 hospitals$122 – $151: 48 hospitals$122$151 – $188: 79 hospitals$188 – $234: 87 hospitals$188$234 – $291: 110 hospitals$291 – $362: 81 hospitals$291$362 – $451: 100 hospitals$451 – $560: 50 hospitals$451$560 – $697: 64 hospitals$560median $263price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (685 of 760 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$79$9828
$98$12238
$122$15148
$151$18879
$188$23487
$234$291110
$291$36281
$362$451100
$451$56050
$560$69764

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$263
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.28×

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 $263.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $301 across 19 hospitalsWA$301Idaho: median $534 across 10 hospitalsID$534Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $240 across 29 hospitalsMN$240Illinois: median $221 across 29 hospitalsIL$221Wisconsin: median $372 across 51 hospitalsWI$372Michigan: median $156 across 33 hospitalsMI$156New York: median $235 across 41 hospitalsNY$235Massachusetts: median $452 across 15 hospitalsMA$452Oregon: median $304 across 20 hospitalsOR$304Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $313 across 33 hospitalsIA$313Indiana: median $416 across 21 hospitalsIN$416Ohio: median $190 across 25 hospitalsOH$190Pennsylvania: median $231 across 36 hospitalsPA$231New Jersey: median $765 across 27 hospitalsNJ$765Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $577 across 33 hospitalsCA$577Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $328 across 16 hospitalsCO$328Nebraska: median $290 across 18 hospitalsNE$290Missouri: median $200 across 24 hospitalsMO$200Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $186 across 18 hospitalsWV$186Virginia: median $365 across 23 hospitalsVA$365Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $176 across 22 hospitalsKS$176Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $128 across 12 hospitalsTN$128North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $443 across 11 hospitalsSC$443Oklahoma: median $173 across 15 hospitalsOK$173Louisiana: median $120 across 16 hospitalsLA$120Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $229 across 11 hospitalsGA$229Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $336 across 30 hospitalsTX$336Florida: median $430 across 17 hospitalsFL$430
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $263. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ27$765+191%$220 – $5,339
California CA33$577+119%$245 – $577
Idaho ID10$534+103%$196 – $556
Massachusetts MA15$452+72%$228 – $624
South Carolina SC11$443+69%$290 – $443
Florida FL17$430+64%$296 – $621
Indiana IN21$416+58%$160 – $627
Wisconsin WI51$372+41%$268 – $392
Virginia VA23$365+39%$70 – $602
Texas TX30$336+28%$189 – $362
Colorado CO16$328+25%$195 – $340
Iowa IA33$313+19%$202 – $404
Oregon OR20$304+16%$82 – $352
Washington WA19$301+14%$243 – $384
Nebraska NE18$290+10%$146 – $387
Minnesota MN29$240−9%$163 – $552
New York NY41$235−11%$172 – $584
Pennsylvania PA36$231−12%$77 – $336
Georgia GA11$229−13%$229 – $229
Illinois IL29$221−16%$151 – $451
Missouri MO24$200−24%$98 – $244
Ohio OH25$190−28%$113 – $380
West Virginia WV18$186−29%$100 – $295
Kansas KS22$176−33%$86 – $292
Oklahoma OK15$173−34%$135 – $173
Michigan MI33$156−41%$104 – $276
Tennessee TN12$128−51%$92 – $239
Louisiana LA16$120−55%$89 – $150
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $263.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care519$267$154 – $473
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access232$255$150 – $394
Ownership
For-profit41$230$151 – $491
Government148$236$142 – $352
Non-profit570$277$153 – $473
System affiliation
Part of a system603$267$153 – $470
Independent157$244$146 – $410

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$414
Median cash price$263
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

462 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $288 and the average of the middle 60% is $287; most fall between $158 and $456.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 462 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
$117$173$288$404$577

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($117 vs $577).

Of the 501 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 462 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

760 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 829 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted760
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code829

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 Destruction Malignant Lesion S/N/H/F/G 0.6-1.0cm.

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, “Skin cancer destruction, scalp/neck/hand/foot, 0.6-1 cm (CPT 17271) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-17271-skin-cancer-destruction-scalp-neck-hand-foot-0-6-1-cm