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

Removal of a mouth lining growth with simple repair

CPT 40812the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a lesion from the lining inside the lip or cheek, followed by straightforward closure of the site.

Hospitals typically charge $1,520 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 970 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,543. Most fall between $439 and $3,483 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
970
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 970 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
$284$515$1,520$3,003$4,666

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($284 vs $4,666).

How the prices are spread

$196 – $284: 49 hospitals$196$284 – $412: 81 hospitals$412 – $597: 103 hospitals$412$597 – $865: 88 hospitals$865 – $1,253: 86 hospitals$865$1,253 – $1,816: 118 hospitals$1,816 – $2,631: 124 hospitals$1,816$2,631 – $3,813: 116 hospitals$3,813 – $5,526: 74 hospitals$3,813$5,526 – $8,008: 47 hospitals$5,526median $1,520price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (886 of 970 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$196$28449
$284$41281
$412$597103
$597$86588
$865$1,25386
$1,253$1,816118
$1,816$2,631124
$2,631$3,813116
$3,813$5,52674
$5,526$8,00847

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,585
Median cash price$1,520
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 $1,520.

Alaska: median $1,600 across 10 hospitalsAK$1,600Maine: 9 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 $2,076 across 25 hospitalsWA$2,076Idaho: median $1,663 across 12 hospitalsID$1,663Montana: median $512 across 12 hospitalsMT$512North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $817 across 47 hospitalsMN$817Illinois: median $737 across 38 hospitalsIL$737Wisconsin: median $1,207 across 56 hospitalsWI$1,207Michigan: median $359 across 39 hospitalsMI$359New York: median $1,753 across 54 hospitalsNY$1,753Massachusetts: median $3,245 across 13 hospitalsMA$3,245Oregon: median $799 across 28 hospitalsOR$799Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $707 across 39 hospitalsIA$707Indiana: median $1,866 across 24 hospitalsIN$1,866Ohio: median $1,697 across 38 hospitalsOH$1,697Pennsylvania: median $2,300 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,300New Jersey: median $3,470 across 31 hospitalsNJ$3,470Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,123 across 76 hospitalsCA$2,123Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,926 across 18 hospitalsCO$1,926Nebraska: median $639 across 25 hospitalsNE$639Missouri: median $1,591 across 25 hospitalsMO$1,591Kentucky: median $281 across 10 hospitalsKY$281West Virginia: median $537 across 22 hospitalsWV$537Virginia: median $1,890 across 16 hospitalsVA$1,890Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 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 $445 across 23 hospitalsKS$445Arkansas: median $659 across 12 hospitalsAR$659Tennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,904 across 23 hospitalsNC$1,904South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $299 across 17 hospitalsOK$299Louisiana: median $1,647 across 21 hospitalsLA$1,647Mississippi: median $609 across 12 hospitalsMS$609Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,068 across 16 hospitalsGA$3,068Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,653 across 45 hospitalsTX$2,653Florida: median $4,067 across 27 hospitalsFL$4,067
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,520. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL27$4,067+168%$1,487 – $4,666
New Jersey NJ31$3,470+128%$1,641 – $5,419
Massachusetts MA13$3,245+114%$1,709 – $5,479
Georgia GA16$3,068+102%$1,890 – $4,609
Texas TX45$2,653+75%$920 – $3,758
Pennsylvania PA20$2,300+51%$960 – $3,457
California CA76$2,123+40%$1,118 – $8,008
Washington WA25$2,076+37%$503 – $3,344
Colorado CO18$1,926+27%$527 – $4,046
North Carolina NC23$1,904+25%$1,078 – $1,904
Virginia VA16$1,890+24%$126 – $1,890
Indiana IN24$1,866+23%$242 – $3,270
New York NY54$1,753+15%$473 – $3,780
Ohio OH38$1,697+12%$334 – $3,505
Idaho ID12$1,663+9%$1,119 – $4,054
Louisiana LA21$1,647+8%$741 – $3,003
Alaska AK10$1,600+5%$661 – $2,707
Missouri MO25$1,591+5%$389 – $4,323
Wisconsin WI56$1,207−21%$524 – $1,696
Minnesota MN47$817−46%$431 – $2,552
Oregon OR28$799−47%$503 – $4,136
Illinois IL38$737−52%$470 – $2,832
Iowa IA39$707−53%$549 – $1,001
Arkansas AR12$659−57%$459 – $2,740
Nebraska NE25$639−58%$383 – $1,814
Mississippi MS12$609−60%$259 – $2,792
West Virginia WV22$537−65%$186 – $1,814
Montana MT12$512−66%$297 – $848
Kansas KS23$445−71%$300 – $1,050
Michigan MI39$359−76%$185 – $3,483
Oklahoma OK17$299−80%$299 – $3,261
Kentucky KY10$281−81%$230 – $383
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not 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 $1,520.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care672$1,784$524 – $4,027
Children’s26$1,096$508 – $3,501
Critical access271$642$314 – $1,736
Ownership
For-profit70$1,985$486 – $3,758
Government202$986$410 – $2,755
Non-profit697$1,561$455 – $3,501
System affiliation
Part of a system757$1,643$503 – $3,670
Independent213$675$319 – $2,422

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,150
Median cash price$1,520
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

576 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,520 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,566; most fall between $451 and $3,448.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 576 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
$286$524$1,520$3,030$4,609

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($286 vs $4,609).

Of the 628 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 576 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 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

970 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,060 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted970
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
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 — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code1,060

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 Lesion Mucosa & Sbmcsl Vestibule Smpl 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 mouth lining growth with simple repair (CPT 40812) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40812-removal-of-a-mouth-lining-growth-with-simple-repair