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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Removal of an abdominal wall growth under the skin, small

CPT 22902the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a soft tissue growth in the fatty layer just under the skin of the abdominal wall, where the tumor measures less than 3 centimeters.

Hospitals typically charge $1,626 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,035 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,841. Most fall between $683 and $4,199 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,035
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 1,035 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
$441$762$1,626$3,625$5,814

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($441 vs $5,814).

How the prices are spread

$336 – $462: 59 hospitals$336$462 – $636: 63 hospitals$636 – $876: 138 hospitals$636$876 – $1,205: 119 hospitals$1,205 – $1,659: 106 hospitals$1,205$1,659 – $2,283: 123 hospitals$2,283 – $3,143: 77 hospitals$2,283$3,143 – $4,325: 102 hospitals$4,325 – $5,952: 97 hospitals$4,325$5,952 – $8,192: 49 hospitals$5,952median $1,626price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (933 of 1,035 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$336$46259
$462$63663
$636$876138
$876$1,205119
$1,205$1,659106
$1,659$2,283123
$2,283$3,14377
$3,143$4,325102
$4,325$5,95297
$5,952$8,19249

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,626
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

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 $1,626.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $716 across 10 hospitalsVT$716New Hampshire: median $567 across 11 hospitalsNH$567Washington: median $996 across 26 hospitalsWA$996Idaho: median $1,751 across 15 hospitalsID$1,751Montana: median $494 across 12 hospitalsMT$494North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,150 across 40 hospitalsMN$1,150Illinois: median $1,341 across 43 hospitalsIL$1,341Wisconsin: median $1,568 across 52 hospitalsWI$1,568Michigan: median $634 across 39 hospitalsMI$634New York: median $1,917 across 67 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $2,417 across 23 hospitalsMA$2,417Oregon: median $1,086 across 27 hospitalsOR$1,086Nevada: 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,019 across 36 hospitalsIA$1,019Indiana: median $617 across 18 hospitalsIN$617Ohio: median $4,844 across 40 hospitalsOH$4,844Pennsylvania: median $2,013 across 45 hospitalsPA$2,013New Jersey: median $2,163 across 33 hospitalsNJ$2,163Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,323 across 72 hospitalsCA$3,323Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,076 across 14 hospitalsCO$1,076Nebraska: median $1,091 across 22 hospitalsNE$1,091Missouri: median $700 across 28 hospitalsMO$700Kentucky: median $523 across 10 hospitalsKY$523West Virginia: median $1,814 across 26 hospitalsWV$1,814Virginia: median $4,358 across 29 hospitalsVA$4,358Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $709 across 25 hospitalsKS$709Arkansas: median $913 across 13 hospitalsAR$913Tennessee: median $715 across 15 hospitalsTN$715North Carolina: median $3,987 across 21 hospitalsNC$3,987South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $653 across 16 hospitalsOK$653Louisiana: median $1,971 across 19 hospitalsLA$1,971Mississippi: median $759 across 14 hospitalsMS$759Alabama: median $3,928 across 12 hospitalsAL$3,928Georgia: median $1,958 across 21 hospitalsGA$1,958Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,199 across 35 hospitalsTX$4,199Florida: median $4,036 across 18 hospitalsFL$4,036
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,626. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH40$4,844+198%$761 – $7,963
Virginia VA29$4,358+168%$798 – $4,800
Texas TX35$4,199+158%$1,650 – $4,504
Florida FL18$4,036+148%$3,625 – $6,055
North Carolina NC21$3,987+145%$1,200 – $3,987
Alabama AL12$3,928+142%$1,246 – $9,952
California CA72$3,323+104%$976 – $6,933
Massachusetts MA23$2,417+49%$491 – $5,022
New Jersey NJ33$2,163+33%$1,795 – $5,339
Pennsylvania PA45$2,013+24%$218 – $5,815
Louisiana LA19$1,971+21%$452 – $3,100
Georgia GA21$1,958+20%$1,958 – $12,994
New York NY67$1,917+18%$701 – $4,595
West Virginia WV26$1,814+12%$654 – $2,623
Idaho ID15$1,751+8%$940 – $3,570
Wisconsin WI52$1,568−4%$1,183 – $1,974
Illinois IL43$1,341−18%$718 – $4,623
Minnesota MN40$1,150−29%$668 – $1,840
Nebraska NE22$1,091−33%$740 – $1,591
Oregon OR27$1,086−33%$865 – $1,973
Colorado CO14$1,076−34%$669 – $2,851
Iowa IA36$1,019−37%$740 – $1,117
Washington WA26$996−39%$794 – $2,884
Arkansas AR13$913−44%$762 – $3,341
Mississippi MS14$759−53%$671 – $2,897
Vermont VT10$716−56%$457 – $1,092
Tennessee TN15$715−56%$436 – $3,548
Kansas KS25$709−56%$359 – $1,206
Missouri MO28$700−57%$486 – $2,210
Oklahoma OK16$653−60%$653 – $3,303
Michigan MI39$634−61%$615 – $2,271
Indiana IN18$617−62%$441 – $1,085
New Hampshire NH11$567−65%$278 – $1,017
Kentucky KY10$523−68%$441 – $735
Montana MT12$494−70%$374 – $1,103
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not 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
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not 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 $1,626.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care720$1,917$718 – $4,595
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access298$996$615 – $1,981
Ownership
For-profit88$2,024$740 – $6,911
Government205$1,246$715 – $3,055
Non-profit741$1,636$668 – $4,358
System affiliation
Part of a system794$1,795$701 – $4,504
Independent241$1,097$642 – $2,562

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,056
Median cash price$1,626
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

590 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,401 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,714; most fall between $623 and $3,987.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 590 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
$394$685$1,401$3,323$4,844

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($394 vs $4,844).

Of the 654 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 590 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,035 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,140 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,035
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 — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded38
Hospitals that filed this code1,140

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 PR Exc Tumor Soft Tissue Abdominal Wall Subq <3cm.

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, “Removal of an abdominal wall growth under the skin, small (CPT 22902) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-22902-removal-of-an-abdominal-wall-growth-under-the-skin-small