CPT 11646 · 1,251 hospitals reporting

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

The same procedure costs $92 at one hospital and $24,930 at another — a 271× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,616.

Cheapest published

$92

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

Median across 1,251 hospitals

$1,616

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

Most expensive

$24,930

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

Price distribution

395 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
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,616	$1,616	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,616	$1,616	—	—	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$1,868	$1,588	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,266	$1,586	$1,700	$5,655	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,266	$1,586	$1,700	$6,540	4 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,753	$1,652	$1,514	$8,427	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$2,215	$1,661	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$15,707	$1,571	$2,229	$12,880	5 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$3,343	$1,671	—	—	1 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,343	$1,671	—	—	1 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$1,600	$1,520	—	—	5 insurers
TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$4,330	$1,732	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$1,498	$1,498	—	—	1 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$2,890	$1,734	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,747	$1,747	—	—	1 insurers
GUTHRIE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,481	$1,481	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,690	$1,480	—	—	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
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$9,069	$1,777	—	—	1 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$2,893	$1,447	—	—	5 insurers
BURGESS HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,786	$1,786	$824	$6,529	0 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,442	$365	$2,569	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$2,929	$1,435	$1,670	$2,870	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$2,929	$1,435	$1,025	$2,870	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,041	$1,429	—	—	4 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$2,011	$1,810	$1,910	$1,971	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$2,929	$1,406	$1,757	$2,870	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$2,929	$1,406	$1,259	$2,870	5 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$1,842	$1,842	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$2,259	$1,355	$1,242	$8,427	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,847	$1,347	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,847	$1,347	—	—	1 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,747	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,337	$1,337	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,375	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,508	$1,327	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,041	$1,327	—	—	3 insurers