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

Removal of a lesion on the front of the tongue

CPT 41112the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a growth or abnormal tissue from the front two-thirds of the tongue, with the wound closed with stitches.

Hospitals typically charge $1,844 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 787 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,228. Most fall between $520 and $5,115 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
787
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 787 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
$361$620$1,844$4,243$8,170

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($361 vs $8,170).

How the prices are spread

$267 – $381: 55 hospitals$267$381 – $545: 68 hospitals$545 – $780: 86 hospitals$545$780 – $1,116: 50 hospitals$1,116 – $1,597: 45 hospitals$1,116$1,597 – $2,284: 87 hospitals$2,284 – $3,268: 62 hospitals$2,284$3,268 – $4,675: 116 hospitals$4,675 – $6,687: 74 hospitals$4,675$6,687 – $9,566: 66 hospitals$6,687median $1,844price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (709 of 787 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$267$38155
$381$54568
$545$78086
$780$1,11650
$1,116$1,59745
$1,597$2,28487
$2,284$3,26862
$3,268$4,675116
$4,675$6,68774
$6,687$9,56666

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$1,844
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.54×

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 $1,844.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,678 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,678Idaho: median $2,451 across 12 hospitalsID$2,451Montana: 8 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 $1,272 across 27 hospitalsMN$1,272Illinois: median $1,665 across 37 hospitalsIL$1,665Wisconsin: median $1,829 across 41 hospitalsWI$1,829Michigan: median $506 across 36 hospitalsMI$506New York: median $3,838 across 48 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: median $3,704 across 11 hospitalsMA$3,704Oregon: median $709 across 25 hospitalsOR$709Nevada: 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 $826 across 34 hospitalsIA$826Indiana: median $1,201 across 24 hospitalsIN$1,201Ohio: median $3,121 across 39 hospitalsOH$3,121Pennsylvania: median $3,802 across 28 hospitalsPA$3,802New Jersey: median $4,290 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,290Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,434 across 55 hospitalsCA$3,434Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,000 across 13 hospitalsCO$3,000Nebraska: median $557 across 12 hospitalsNE$557Missouri: median $1,798 across 20 hospitalsMO$1,798Kentucky: median $336 across 10 hospitalsKY$336West Virginia: median $1,816 across 15 hospitalsWV$1,816Virginia: 8 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $625 across 17 hospitalsKS$625Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $2,210 across 14 hospitalsNC$2,210South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $468 across 14 hospitalsOK$468Louisiana: median $1,546 across 16 hospitalsLA$1,546Mississippi: median $609 across 12 hospitalsMS$609Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,223 across 16 hospitalsGA$4,223Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,584 across 30 hospitalsTX$2,584Florida: median $5,571 across 25 hospitalsFL$5,571
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,844. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL25$5,571+202%$3,255 – $10,954
New Jersey NJ32$4,290+133%$3,593 – $5,741
Georgia GA16$4,223+129%$1,791 – $5,507
New York NY48$3,838+108%$710 – $4,859
Pennsylvania PA28$3,802+106%$157 – $6,111
Massachusetts MA11$3,704+101%$1,934 – $5,682
California CA55$3,434+86%$1,959 – $8,170
Ohio OH39$3,121+69%$590 – $5,357
Colorado CO13$3,000+63%$646 – $8,292
Texas TX30$2,584+40%$2,268 – $3,721
Idaho ID12$2,451+33%$774 – $8,795
North Carolina NC14$2,210+20%$575 – $14,953
Wisconsin WI41$1,829−1%$1,598 – $1,844
West Virginia WV15$1,816−2%$410 – $3,811
Missouri MO20$1,798−2%$455 – $3,317
Washington WA16$1,678−9%$413 – $6,817
Illinois IL37$1,665−10%$613 – $3,682
Louisiana LA16$1,546−16%$1,238 – $4,457
Minnesota MN27$1,272−31%$590 – $2,090
Indiana IN24$1,201−35%$374 – $1,872
Iowa IA34$826−55%$488 – $1,010
Oregon OR25$709−62%$515 – $7,777
Kansas KS17$625−66%$363 – $3,818
Mississippi MS12$609−67%$472 – $2,073
Nebraska NE12$557−70%$370 – $1,431
Michigan MI36$506−73%$361 – $4,559
Oklahoma OK14$468−75%$468 – $4,074
Kentucky KY10$336−82%$284 – $615
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not 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 $1,844.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care595$2,909$628 – $5,682
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access177$689$388 – $1,844
Ownership
For-profit76$3,606$656 – $7,479
Government138$1,040$430 – $3,838
Non-profit572$1,844$557 – $5,339
System affiliation
Part of a system617$2,090$575 – $5,507
Independent170$935$440 – $3,917

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,918
Median cash price$1,844
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

437 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,959 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,295; most fall between $494 and $5,571.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 437 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
$363$618$1,959$4,680$8,170

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($363 vs $8,170).

Of the 483 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 437 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 24 a list price only.

How complete is this

787 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 868 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted787
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code868

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 Tongue W/Clsr Anterior Two-Thirds.

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 lesion on the front of the tongue (CPT 41112) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41112-removal-of-a-lesion-on-the-front-of-the-tongue