Mole removal cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 25 hospitals list a cash price for mole or benign skin lesion removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm: from $120.83 to $27,092.78, with a median of $704.00. The lowest listed price is at Humboldt Park Health — $583.17 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $629.00 at 53 hospitals.
- The median here, $704.00, is about the same as the US median of $716.40.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($723.47).
- 5 of 25 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 14 cities for code 11400, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 10, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2025 and Nov 5, 2026.
Lowest$120.83Humboldt Park Health
Median$704.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$27,092.78in this market
Difference224.2×highest vs lowest
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
median
Lowest $120.83Highest $27,092.78
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Park Health lowest Chicago, IL · (773) 292-8200 Removal of noncancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less File of Sep 29, 2026 · source file | $120.83 | $431.55 | $142.41–$453.13 | 72% |
| Loretto Hospital Chicago, IL · (773) 626-4300 PF EXC LESN BGN TRUNK/ARM <0.5 File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $139.88 | $233.13 | $139.88–$1,671.10 | 40% |
| Morris Hospital Morris, IL · (815) 942-2932 Removal of noncancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less File of Oct 27, 2026 · source file | $195.61 | $813.00 | $62.00–$837.39 | 76% |
| MacNeal Hospital Berwyn, IL · (708) 783-9100 Exc Ben Les Tk/AR/Lg < 0.6 Cm File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $262.01 | $1,379.00 | $126.15–$916.80 | 81% |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park, IL · (708) 681-3200 Exc Ben Les Tk/AR/Lg < 0.6 Cm File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $262.01 | $1,379.00 | $316.42–$2,252.00 | 81% |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL · (708) 216-9000 Exc Ben Les Tk/AR/Lg < 0.6 Cm File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $317.17 | $1,379.00 | $316.42–$1,078.15 | 77% |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago Chicago, IL · (773) 665-3000 HC EXCISION BENIGN LESION+MRGN TRUNK/EXT UP TO 0.5 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $381.81 | $1,157.00 | $543.79 | 67% |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Skokie Hospital Skokie, IL Exc Skin Benig <5mm Trunk Arm Leg File of Jan 1, 2025 · source file | $425.75 | $655.00 | $88.43–$357.63 | 35% |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Glenbrook Hospital Glenview, IL Exc Skin Benig <5mm Trunk Arm Leg File of Jan 1, 2025 · source file | $425.75 | $655.00 | $88.43–$357.63 | 35% |
| Community First Medical Center Chicago, IL · (773) 282-7000 Removal of noncancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $498.00 | $996.00 | $271.91–$996.00 | 50% |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL · (773) 702-9785 Hc Exc Benign Les Trunk/Arm/Leg 0.5Cm/< Resident Cash-Csm+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | — |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · (847) 570-2000 EXC SKIN BENIG <5MM TRUNK,ARM,LEG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $704.00 | $704.00 | — | — |
| Swedish Covenant Health Chicago, IL · (773) 878-8200 EXC SKIN BENIG <5MM TRUNK,ARM,LEG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $704.00 | $704.00 | — | — |
| Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital Highland Park, IL EXC SKIN BENIG <5MM TRUNK,ARM,LEG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $704.00 | $704.00 | — | — |
| Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, IL · (847) 316-4000 Exc tr-ext b9+marg 0.5 cm< File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $755.00 | $9,032.50 | $81.67–$7,496.98 | 92% |
| Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet, IL · (815) 725-7133 Exc tr-ext b9+marg 0.5 cm< File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $755.00 | $11,139.00 | $80.70–$11,139.00 | 93% |
| Morris Hospital Morris, IL · (815) 942-2932 Removal of noncancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less File of Oct 27, 2026 · source file | $770.16 | $3,201.00 | $1,248.39–$3,297.03 | 76% |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn Oak Lawn, IL EXC LESION TRNK/ARM/LEG <=0.5CM File of Nov 3, 2026 · source file | $830.00 | $1,660.00 | $654.04–$1,456.99 | 50% |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL · (708) 684-8000 EXC LESION TRNK/ARM/LEG <=0.5CM File of Nov 3, 2026 · source file | $830.00 | $1,660.00 | $654.04–$1,456.99 | 50% |
| Loretto Hospital Chicago, IL · (773) 626-4300 EXC LESN BGN TRUNK/ARM <0.5CM File of Nov 5, 2026 · source file | $1,002.66 | $1,671.10 | $139.88–$1,671.10 | 40% |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 EXC LES BGN TRK/ARM TO .5C File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,266.30 | $1,809.00 | $76.91–$1,447.20 | 30% |
| Jackson Park Hospital Foundation Chicago, IL · (773) 947-7500 EXCISION LIPOMAS File of Dec 26, 2025 · source file | $2,365.05 | $2,956.31 | — | 20% |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL · (630) 682-1600 HB Exc B9 Lesion Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg T/a/L 0.5 Cm/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,388.40 | $3,412.00 | $235.43–$3,412.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL · (630) 208-3000 HB Exc B9 Lesion Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg T/a/L 0.5 Cm/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,388.40 | $3,412.00 | $508.39–$3,412.00 | 30% |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 926-2000 HB Exc B9 Lesion Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg T/a/L 0.5 Cm/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,388.40 | $3,412.00 | $239.25–$5,135.00 | 30% |
| Shriners Childrens - Chicago Chicago, IL · (773) 622-5400 EXC TR-EXT B9+MARG 0.5 CM< File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $3,305.85 | $3,305.85 | $72.01–$1,062.39 | — |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL · (773) 702-9785 Hc Excsn, Benign Les Incl Mrgns, Excpt Skin Tag, Trnk, Arms Or Legs; Excised Diameter 0.5 Cm Or Less File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,701.00 | $3,701.00 | — | — |
| Shriners Childrens - Chicago Chicago, IL · (773) 622-5400 REMOVAL OF NONCANCER SKIN GROWTH OF BODY; ARMS; OR LEGS; 0.5 CM OR LESS File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $4,396.40 | $4,396.40 | $72.01–$1,793.70 | — |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso, IN · (219) 983-8300 REMOVAL OF SKIN LESION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $27,092.78 | $100,343.62 | $71.43–$84,288.64 | 73% |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $120.83, median $704.00, highest $27,092.78 — a 224.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $704.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 17 of 20 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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