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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Removal of hand or finger growth under the skin, 1.5 cm+

CPT 26111the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a soft tissue tumor or vascular malformation lying just under the skin of the hand or finger, measuring 1.5 cm or larger.

Hospitals typically charge $1,700 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 865 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,885. Most fall between $755 and $4,355 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
865
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 865 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
$549$822$1,700$3,625$6,317

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($549 vs $6,317).

How the prices are spread

$440 – $595: 49 hospitals$440$595 – $804: 111 hospitals$804 – $1,088: 106 hospitals$804$1,088 – $1,471: 94 hospitals$1,471 – $1,989: 97 hospitals$1,471$1,989 – $2,689: 91 hospitals$2,689 – $3,636: 61 hospitals$2,689$3,636 – $4,917: 87 hospitals$4,917 – $6,648: 52 hospitals$4,917$6,648 – $8,989: 31 hospitals$6,648median $1,700price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (779 of 865 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$440$59549
$595$804111
$804$1,088106
$1,088$1,47194
$1,471$1,98997
$1,989$2,68991
$2,689$3,63661
$3,636$4,91787
$4,917$6,64852
$6,648$8,98931

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,700
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

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 $1,700.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,066 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,066New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $964 across 21 hospitalsWA$964Idaho: median $2,555 across 16 hospitalsID$2,555Montana: median $613 across 11 hospitalsMT$613North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,885 across 28 hospitalsMN$1,885Illinois: median $807 across 24 hospitalsIL$807Wisconsin: median $2,077 across 46 hospitalsWI$2,077Michigan: median $822 across 40 hospitalsMI$822New York: median $1,917 across 54 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,076 across 21 hospitalsOR$1,076Nevada: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,025 across 43 hospitalsIA$1,025Indiana: median $668 across 18 hospitalsIN$668Ohio: median $1,898 across 36 hospitalsOH$1,898Pennsylvania: median $1,900 across 34 hospitalsPA$1,900New Jersey: median $2,163 across 31 hospitalsNJ$2,163Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,786 across 60 hospitalsCA$1,786Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,700 across 19 hospitalsCO$1,700Nebraska: median $1,373 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,373Missouri: median $2,200 across 28 hospitalsMO$2,200Kentucky: median $549 across 10 hospitalsKY$549West Virginia: median $974 across 21 hospitalsWV$974Virginia: median $4,600 across 16 hospitalsVA$4,600Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $712 across 17 hospitalsKS$712Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,065 across 13 hospitalsTN$2,065North Carolina: median $1,445 across 20 hospitalsNC$1,445South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $874 across 14 hospitalsOK$874Louisiana: median $2,414 across 17 hospitalsLA$2,414Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $1,583 across 13 hospitalsAL$1,583Georgia: median $11,629 across 14 hospitalsGA$11,629Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,155 across 39 hospitalsTX$3,155Florida: median $3,625 across 19 hospitalsFL$3,625
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,700. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA14$11,629+584%$1,434 – $13,791
Virginia VA16$4,600+171%$1,004 – $7,009
Florida FL19$3,625+113%$1,409 – $4,821
Texas TX39$3,155+86%$1,701 – $3,817
Idaho ID16$2,555+50%$1,040 – $3,570
Louisiana LA17$2,414+42%$1,355 – $3,947
Missouri MO28$2,200+29%$694 – $6,877
New Jersey NJ31$2,163+27%$1,794 – $5,339
Wisconsin WI46$2,077+22%$1,130 – $2,313
Tennessee TN13$2,065+21%$403 – $4,881
New York NY54$1,917+13%$679 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA34$1,900+12%$273 – $6,090
Ohio OH36$1,898+12%$1,211 – $6,814
Minnesota MN28$1,885+11%$795 – $2,489
California CA60$1,786+5%$733 – $6,317
Colorado CO19$1,7000%$1,028 – $4,371
Alabama AL13$1,583−7%$770 – $6,799
North Carolina NC20$1,445−15%$1,445 – $3,939
Nebraska NE15$1,373−19%$662 – $2,580
Oregon OR21$1,076−37%$781 – $1,389
Vermont VT10$1,066−37%$657 – $1,482
Iowa IA43$1,025−40%$784 – $1,312
West Virginia WV21$974−43%$441 – $1,899
Washington WA21$964−43%$800 – $3,747
Oklahoma OK14$874−49%$874 – $4,765
Michigan MI40$822−52%$695 – $2,271
Illinois IL24$807−53%$549 – $2,163
Kansas KS17$712−58%$506 – $878
Indiana IN18$668−61%$481 – $1,243
Montana MT11$613−64%$472 – $1,235
Kentucky KY10$549−68%$419 – $1,508
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $1,700.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care618$1,917$822 – $4,821
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access235$1,085$685 – $2,192
Ownership
For-profit99$3,143$1,212 – $6,799
Government181$1,240$752 – $2,489
Non-profit584$1,771$733 – $4,350
System affiliation
Part of a system655$1,899$781 – $4,595
Independent210$1,213$716 – $2,430

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,168
Median cash price$1,700
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

457 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,173 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,589; most fall between $679 and $3,817.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 457 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
$469$733$1,173$3,055$6,317

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($469 vs $6,317).

Of the 506 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 457 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 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

865 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 942 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted865
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code942

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 Ex Tum/Vasc Malf Sft Tiss Hand/Fngr Subq 1.5cm/>.

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 hand or finger growth under the skin, 1.5 cm+ (CPT 26111) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26111-removal-of-hand-or-finger-growth-under-the-skin-1-5-cm