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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Removal of a growth from the lining inside the mouth

CPT 40810the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a lesion from the tissue lining the inside of the lip or cheek, with no repair of the site needed afterward.

Hospitals typically charge $1,456 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 823 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,730. Most fall between $299 and $4,166 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
823
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 823 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
$194$371$1,456$3,780$6,352

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 33× what the cheapest tenth charges ($194 vs $6,352).

How the prices are spread

$153 – $228: 83 hospitals$153$228 – $338: 65 hospitals$338 – $502: 82 hospitals$338$502 – $746: 78 hospitals$746 – $1,108: 32 hospitals$746$1,108 – $1,646: 66 hospitals$1,646 – $2,444: 58 hospitals$1,646$2,444 – $3,630: 108 hospitals$3,630 – $5,392: 99 hospitals$3,630$5,392 – $8,008: 86 hospitals$5,392median $1,456price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (757 of 823 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$153$22883
$228$33865
$338$50282
$502$74678
$746$1,10832
$1,108$1,64666
$1,646$2,44458
$2,444$3,630108
$3,630$5,39299
$5,392$8,00886

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$1,456
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.43×

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 $1,456.

Alaska: 4 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $688 across 20 hospitalsWA$688Idaho: median $2,187 across 14 hospitalsID$2,187Montana: 7 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 $529 across 37 hospitalsMN$529Illinois: median $737 across 30 hospitalsIL$737Wisconsin: median $733 across 48 hospitalsWI$733Michigan: median $261 across 33 hospitalsMI$261New York: median $3,838 across 50 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: median $1,713 across 16 hospitalsMA$1,713Oregon: median $617 across 21 hospitalsOR$617Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $3,127 across 10 hospitalsSD$3,127Iowa: median $518 across 30 hospitalsIA$518Indiana: median $1,203 across 23 hospitalsIN$1,203Ohio: median $3,401 across 33 hospitalsOH$3,401Pennsylvania: median $5,036 across 18 hospitalsPA$5,036New Jersey: median $4,327 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,327Connecticut: 4 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 $1,462 across 54 hospitalsCA$1,462Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $484 across 27 hospitalsNE$484Missouri: median $1,376 across 21 hospitalsMO$1,376Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $327 across 20 hospitalsWV$327Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $426 across 17 hospitalsKS$426Arkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,904 across 24 hospitalsNC$1,904South Carolina: median $3,670 across 10 hospitalsSC$3,670Oklahoma: median $200 across 15 hospitalsOK$200Louisiana: median $1,774 across 17 hospitalsLA$1,774Mississippi: median $1,578 across 14 hospitalsMS$1,578Alabama: median $389 across 10 hospitalsAL$389Georgia: median $5,507 across 10 hospitalsGA$5,507Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,983 across 31 hospitalsTX$2,983Florida: median $3,975 across 35 hospitalsFL$3,975
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,456. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$5,507+278%$3,955 – $5,507
Pennsylvania PA18$5,036+246%$1,966 – $6,984
New Jersey NJ33$4,327+197%$3,593 – $5,419
Florida FL35$3,975+173%$2,909 – $8,975
New York NY50$3,838+164%$359 – $7,016
South Carolina SC10$3,670+152%$262 – $5,747
Ohio OH33$3,401+134%$259 – $3,434
South Dakota SD10$3,127+115%$201 – $3,543
Texas TX31$2,983+105%$2,015 – $3,314
Idaho ID14$2,187+50%$623 – $8,795
North Carolina NC24$1,904+31%$418 – $2,333
Louisiana LA17$1,774+22%$1,390 – $4,636
Massachusetts MA16$1,713+18%$424 – $4,477
Mississippi MS14$1,578+8%$195 – $2,795
California CA54$1,4620%$1,143 – $8,008
Missouri MO21$1,376−5%$271 – $2,874
Indiana IN23$1,203−17%$176 – $1,767
Illinois IL30$737−49%$176 – $2,330
Wisconsin WI48$733−50%$376 – $1,182
Washington WA20$688−53%$230 – $4,766
Oregon OR21$617−58%$391 – $1,908
Minnesota MN37$529−64%$283 – $1,208
Iowa IA30$518−64%$391 – $671
Nebraska NE27$484−67%$248 – $1,590
Kansas KS17$426−71%$200 – $879
Alabama AL10$389−73%$262 – $3,744
West Virginia WV20$327−78%$125 – $3,811
Michigan MI33$261−82%$153 – $4,559
Oklahoma OK15$200−86%$200 – $3,261
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $1,456.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care589$2,187$376 – $4,952
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access219$452$206 – $1,571
Ownership
For-profit64$2,536$418 – $5,507
Government172$1,208$290 – $3,838
Non-profit586$1,391$299 – $4,235
System affiliation
Part of a system653$1,590$345 – $4,327
Independent170$575$250 – $3,260

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,441
Median cash price$1,456
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

489 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,456 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,684; most fall between $283 and $4,644.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 489 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
$184$368$1,456$3,401$7,016

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 38× what the cheapest tenth charges ($184 vs $7,016).

Of the 543 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 489 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

823 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 913 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted823
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
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 — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code913

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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Les Mucosa & Sbmcsl Vestibule Mouth W/O Rpr.

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 a growth from the lining inside the mouth (CPT 40810) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40810-removal-of-a-growth-from-the-lining-inside-the-mouth