CPT 21011 · 1,155 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth under skin of face or scalp; less than 2.0 cm

The same procedure costs $87 at one hospital and $17,403 at another — a 200× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,746.

Cheapest published

$87

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

Median across 1,155 hospitals

$1,746

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

Most expensive

$17,403

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

Price distribution

301 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
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,746	$822	$3,441	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,746	$80	$2,934	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,746	$822	$2,934	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$20,304	$1,761	$268	$20,304	5 insurers
WOODHULL MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER	NY	—	$1,775	—	—	0 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,966	$1,780	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,799	$1,799	—	—	0 insurers
NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$6,025	$1,807	—	—	1 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,126	$1,813	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER HEBER SPRINGS	AR	$7,308	$1,827	—	—	3 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$15,625	$1,648	$743	$15,625	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,563	$1,847	$520	$6,234	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$4,850	$1,854	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$4,562	$1,624	$793	$3,928	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$109	$8,427	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,144	$1,887	—	—	3 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$18,917	$1,892	$1,324	$15,512	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	AR	$1,579	$1,579	—	—	2 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$1,563	$1,563	$135	$1,563	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,563	$1,563	$135	$1,563	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,219	$1,931	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,559	$1,559	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL	KS	$8,952	$1,555	$453	$7,161	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$8,637	$1,555	$381	$7,981	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,841	$1,472	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,841	$1,472	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,841	$1,472	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,841	$1,472	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,841	$1,472	—	—	4 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,073	$2,037	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,418	$1,451	$109	$8,427	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,062	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,472	$2,076	$2,231	$2,422	5 insurers