CPT 11623 · 1,257 hospitals reporting

Removal of cancer skin growth of scalp; neck; hands; feet; or genitals; 2.1-3.0 cm

The same procedure costs $68.5 at one hospital and $19,900 at another — a 291× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,051.

Cheapest published

$68.5

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

Median across 1,257 hospitals

$1,051

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

Most expensive

$19,900

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

Price distribution

440 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
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$10,479	$1,048	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,240	$1,054	$1,119	$1,215	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,240	$1,054	$266	$1,404	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,240	$1,042	$1,119	$1,215	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,240	$1,042	$756	$1,679	5 insurers
MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,662	$1,065	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,035	$1,035	—	—	1 insurers
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-HANCOCK	MS	$2,696	$1,024	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$1,545	$1,082	$1,132	$2,562	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,545	$1,082	$1,077	$3,783	4 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,971	$1,084	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$1,291	$1,097	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$1,291	$1,097	—	—	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,508	$1,004	$816	$1,478	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,508	$1,004	$211	$1,478	5 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,098	$1,098	$329	$1,863	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,099	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,099	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$109	$8,427	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$1,324	$993	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$968	$968	—	—	4 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$1,285	$964	—	—	5 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,140	$1,140	—	—	5 insurers
SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,195	$956	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$1,147	$1,147	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$2,874	$1,150	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,874	$1,150	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,362	$945	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,362	$945	—	—	1 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,448	$1,158	—	—	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,436	$933	—	—	5 insurers
IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	AR	$1,169	$1,169	—	—	2 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$3,340	$922	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$3,340	$922	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,818	$1,182	—	—	3 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,014	$1,208	$109	$8,427	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,452	$1,226	—	—	2 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$874	$874	—	—	1 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,230	$1,230	—	—	5 insurers
GUTHRIE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$869	$869	—	—	5 insurers