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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Skin cancer destruction, scalp/neck/hand/foot, 1.1-2 cm

CPT 17272the 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 1.1 to 2.0 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $289 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 779 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $305. Most fall between $172 and $470 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
779
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 779 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
$122$189$289$445$618

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($122 vs $618).

How the prices are spread

$85 – $106: 23 hospitals$85$106 – $133: 32 hospitals$133 – $166: 49 hospitals$133$166 – $208: 101 hospitals$208 – $259: 103 hospitals$208$259 – $324: 85 hospitals$324 – $405: 117 hospitals$324$405 – $506: 108 hospitals$506 – $632: 54 hospitals$506$632 – $790: 31 hospitals$632median $289price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (703 of 779 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$85$10623
$106$13332
$133$16649
$166$208101
$208$259103
$259$32485
$324$405117
$405$506108
$506$63254
$632$79031

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$289
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.41×

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 $289.

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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $321 across 19 hospitalsWA$321Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 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 $314 across 31 hospitalsMN$314Illinois: median $248 across 27 hospitalsIL$248Wisconsin: median $427 across 53 hospitalsWI$427Michigan: median $276 across 32 hospitalsMI$276New York: median $235 across 42 hospitalsNY$235Massachusetts: median $500 across 12 hospitalsMA$500Oregon: median $344 across 21 hospitalsOR$344Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $358 across 35 hospitalsIA$358Indiana: median $447 across 22 hospitalsIN$447Ohio: median $205 across 24 hospitalsOH$205Pennsylvania: median $233 across 36 hospitalsPA$233New Jersey: median $765 across 27 hospitalsNJ$765Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $470 across 33 hospitalsCA$470Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $380 across 16 hospitalsCO$380Nebraska: median $329 across 18 hospitalsNE$329Missouri: median $172 across 20 hospitalsMO$172Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $192 across 20 hospitalsWV$192Virginia: 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 $200 across 22 hospitalsKS$200Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $147 across 11 hospitalsTN$147North Carolina: median $185 across 17 hospitalsNC$185South Carolina: median $323 across 14 hospitalsSC$323Oklahoma: median $200 across 15 hospitalsOK$200Louisiana: median $120 across 16 hospitalsLA$120Mississippi: median $226 across 11 hospitalsMS$226Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $172 across 12 hospitalsGA$172Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $349 across 30 hospitalsTX$349Florida: median $430 across 21 hospitalsFL$430
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $289. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ27$765+165%$220 – $5,339
Massachusetts MA12$500+73%$331 – $624
California CA33$470+63%$396 – $470
Indiana IN22$447+55%$210 – $599
Florida FL21$430+49%$199 – $618
Wisconsin WI53$427+48%$272 – $445
Colorado CO16$380+31%$201 – $394
Virginia VA23$365+26%$81 – $619
Iowa IA35$358+24%$197 – $462
Texas TX30$349+21%$214 – $377
Oregon OR21$344+19%$161 – $438
Nebraska NE18$329+14%$179 – $447
South Carolina SC14$323+12%$148 – $443
Washington WA19$321+11%$246 – $408
Minnesota MN31$314+9%$194 – $640
Michigan MI32$276−5%$137 – $351
Illinois IL27$248−14%$200 – $462
New York NY42$235−19%$198 – $589
Pennsylvania PA36$233−19%$88 – $342
Mississippi MS11$226−22%$173 – $246
Ohio OH24$205−29%$131 – $430
Kansas KS22$200−31%$105 – $329
Oklahoma OK15$200−31%$165 – $200
West Virginia WV20$192−34%$125 – $320
North Carolina NC17$185−36%$159 – $193
Missouri MO20$172−41%$122 – $258
Georgia GA12$172−41%$172 – $172
Tennessee TN11$147−49%$101 – $189
Louisiana LA16$120−58%$67 – $208
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not 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
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not 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 $289.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care537$289$174 – $470
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access233$281$170 – $445
Ownership
For-profit39$214$175 – $445
Government173$240$172 – $377
Non-profit566$316$173 – $470
System affiliation
Part of a system618$301$175 – $470
Independent161$260$166 – $447

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$454
Median cash price$289
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

464 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $312 and the average of the middle 60% is $312; most fall between $172 and $470.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 464 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
$131$187$312$445$589

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($131 vs $589).

Of the 500 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 464 gave a usable cash price; 20 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

779 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 842 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted779
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
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 — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code842

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 1.1-2.0cm.

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, 1.1-2 cm (CPT 17272) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-17272-skin-cancer-destruction-scalp-neck-hand-foot-1-1-2-cm