CPT 11626 · 1,288 hospitals reporting

Removal of cancer skin growth of scalp; neck; hands; feet; or genitals; more than 4.0 cm

The same procedure costs $89.43 at one hospital and $36,097 at another — a 404× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,821.

Cheapest published

$89.43

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

Median across 1,288 hospitals

$1,821

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

Most expensive

$36,097

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

Price distribution

420 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
IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	AR	$1,823	$1,823	—	—	2 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$2,140	$1,819	—	—	4 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,005	$1,803	—	—	2 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$1,854	$321	$2,422	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$3,189	$1,786	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-HANCOCK	MS	$4,650	$1,767	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$7,008	$1,752	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,298	$1,719	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$4,298	$1,719	—	—	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,902	$1,933	$1,571	$2,844	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,902	$1,933	$309	$2,844	5 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$2,578	$1,934	—	—	2 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$3,282	$1,969	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,671	$1,671	—	—	5 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	$20,080	$2,008	$2,229	$16,466	5 insurers
GUTTENBERG MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,632	$1,632	$1,483	$1,483	1 insurers
SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,993	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$2,072	$2,072	—	—	1 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,570	$1,570	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$4,940	$2,090	$3,211	$3,211	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$4,940	$2,090	$167	$4,820	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,583	$1,550	—	—	3 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,697	$1,483	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$6,371	$2,166	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$3,009	$1,474	$1,715	$2,949	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$3,009	$1,474	$1,053	$2,949	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,168	$2,168	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,168	$2,168	—	—	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$1,726	$1,467	—	—	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
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,981	$2,189	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$3,009	$1,444	$1,805	$2,949	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$3,009	$1,444	$1,294	$2,949	5 insurers
MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,519	$1,407	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,392	$1,392	—	—	1 insurers