CPT 11446 · 1,211 hospitals reporting

Removal of noncancer skin growth of face; ears; eyelids; nose; lips; or mouth; more than 4.0 cm

The same procedure costs $87.15 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 278× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,698.

Cheapest published

$87.15

13 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,211 hospitals

$1,698

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$24,185

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

396 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$3,466	$1,698	$1,976	$3,397	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$3,466	$1,698	$1,213	$3,397	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$3,466	$1,664	$2,080	$3,397	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$3,466	$1,664	$1,490	$3,397	5 insurers
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY	NY	$1,660	$1,660	$565	$1,005	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$2,046	$1,739	—	—	4 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,753	$1,652	$1,514	$8,427	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$17,666	$1,767	$2,229	$14,486	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,318	$1,623	$1,739	$5,655	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,318	$1,623	$1,739	$6,540	4 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$1,620	$1,620	—	—	4 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$4,410	$1,616	$4,013	$4,013	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$4,410	$1,616	$923	$5,382	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,587	$1,587	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,585	$1,585	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,585	$1,585	—	—	5 insurers
IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	AR	$1,823	$1,823	—	—	2 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,570	$1,570	—	—	5 insurers
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$2,232	$1,562	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$1,887	$353	$2,422	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$2,970	$1,485	—	—	5 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$4,940	$1,462	$4,001	$4,001	3 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$4,940	$1,462	$167	$6,266	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,916	$1,958	$2,428	$3,133	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,916	$1,958	$600	$7,934	5 insurers
TOUCHETTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC	IL	$2,281	$1,414	—	—	2 insurers
ANAHEIM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	CA	$3,529	$1,412	—	—	0 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$8,706	$2,029	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$8,706	$2,029	—	—	5 insurers
SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,542	$2,034	—	—	5 insurers
ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,696	$1,357	$475	$1,611	4 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$2,259	$1,355	$1,242	$8,427	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,747	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$3,330	$1,332	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,327	$1,327	—	—	1 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$1,396	$1,326	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,645	$1,316	—	—	2 insurers