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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Removal of small soft tissue growth under foot skin

CPT 28043the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a soft tissue growth smaller than 1.5 cm lying in the fatty layer just under the skin of the foot or toe.

Hospitals typically charge $1,650 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 942 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,874. Most fall between $598 and $4,371 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
942
States
49
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 942 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
$432$693$1,650$3,570$5,810

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($432 vs $5,810).

How the prices are spread

$337 – $468: 79 hospitals$337$468 – $649: 81 hospitals$649 – $901: 94 hospitals$649$901 – $1,251: 102 hospitals$1,251 – $1,737: 78 hospitals$1,251$1,737 – $2,412: 125 hospitals$2,412 – $3,349: 74 hospitals$2,412$3,349 – $4,650: 120 hospitals$4,650 – $6,456: 65 hospitals$4,650$6,456 – $8,963: 30 hospitals$6,456median $1,650price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (848 of 942 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$337$46879
$468$64981
$649$90194
$901$1,251102
$1,251$1,73778
$1,737$2,412125
$2,412$3,34974
$3,349$4,650120
$4,650$6,45665
$6,456$8,96330

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,650
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

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 $1,650.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 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 $970 across 23 hospitalsWA$970Idaho: median $3,570 across 13 hospitalsID$3,570Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,019 across 44 hospitalsMN$1,019Illinois: median $1,124 across 39 hospitalsIL$1,124Wisconsin: median $2,070 across 42 hospitalsWI$2,070Michigan: median $714 across 40 hospitalsMI$714New York: median $1,917 across 53 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $2,692 across 15 hospitalsMA$2,692Oregon: median $1,059 across 26 hospitalsOR$1,059Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $900 across 38 hospitalsIA$900Indiana: median $536 across 17 hospitalsIN$536Ohio: median $4,844 across 39 hospitalsOH$4,844Pennsylvania: median $1,899 across 38 hospitalsPA$1,899New Jersey: median $2,162 across 33 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,484 across 57 hospitalsCA$3,484Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,255 across 24 hospitalsCO$2,255Nebraska: median $991 across 20 hospitalsNE$991Missouri: median $1,702 across 24 hospitalsMO$1,702Kentucky: median $423 across 10 hospitalsKY$423West Virginia: median $1,899 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,899Virginia: median $3,230 across 29 hospitalsVA$3,230Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,607 across 11 hospitalsAZ$1,607New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $652 across 19 hospitalsKS$652Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,022 across 14 hospitalsTN$1,022North Carolina: median $1,570 across 13 hospitalsNC$1,570South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $434 across 16 hospitalsOK$434Louisiana: median $1,372 across 18 hospitalsLA$1,372Mississippi: median $1,168 across 26 hospitalsMS$1,168Alabama: median $1,474 across 12 hospitalsAL$1,474Georgia: median $5,810 across 11 hospitalsGA$5,810Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,855 across 42 hospitalsTX$2,855Florida: median $4,300 across 17 hospitalsFL$4,300
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,650. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$5,810+252%$5,810 – $11,629
Ohio OH39$4,844+194%$799 – $6,629
Florida FL17$4,300+161%$1,626 – $6,055
Idaho ID13$3,570+116%$1,003 – $4,347
California CA57$3,484+111%$1,052 – $4,592
Virginia VA29$3,230+96%$768 – $6,985
Texas TX42$2,855+73%$1,854 – $5,165
Massachusetts MA15$2,692+63%$1,678 – $4,198
Colorado CO24$2,255+37%$1,353 – $4,371
New Jersey NJ33$2,162+31%$1,795 – $5,741
Wisconsin WI42$2,070+25%$1,310 – $2,075
New York NY53$1,917+16%$687 – $3,710
Pennsylvania PA38$1,899+15%$192 – $3,489
West Virginia WV23$1,899+15%$438 – $3,516
Missouri MO24$1,702+3%$486 – $2,441
Arizona AZ11$1,607−3%$1,141 – $9,226
North Carolina NC13$1,570−5%$626 – $2,632
Alabama AL12$1,474−11%$659 – $7,058
Louisiana LA18$1,372−17%$836 – $2,751
Mississippi MS26$1,168−29%$581 – $2,530
Illinois IL39$1,124−32%$454 – $3,893
Oregon OR26$1,059−36%$693 – $3,811
Tennessee TN14$1,022−38%$356 – $3,827
Minnesota MN44$1,019−38%$637 – $1,995
Nebraska NE20$991−40%$406 – $1,591
Washington WA23$970−41%$621 – $3,539
Iowa IA38$900−45%$565 – $1,240
Michigan MI40$714−57%$553 – $2,271
Kansas KS19$652−60%$369 – $1,555
Indiana IN17$536−67%$378 – $2,358
Oklahoma OK16$434−74%$434 – $3,303
Kentucky KY10$423−74%$378 – $593
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $1,650.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care659$2,028$714 – $4,592
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access268$903$494 – $2,115
Ownership
For-profit106$2,467$970 – $7,058
Government179$991$521 – $2,516
Non-profit655$1,781$625 – $4,431
System affiliation
Part of a system733$1,910$672 – $4,592
Independent209$1,052$489 – $2,692

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,375
Median cash price$1,650
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

537 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,591 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,828; most fall between $553 and $4,347.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 537 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
$406$664$1,591$3,484$4,844

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($406 vs $4,844).

Of the 598 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 537 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 40 a list price only.

How complete is this

942 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,039 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted942
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code1,039

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 Tumor Soft Tissue Foot/Toe 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 small soft tissue growth under foot skin (CPT 28043) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-28043-removal-of-small-soft-tissue-growth-under-foot-skin