Surgery and procedures CPT 11440 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Mole removal, face cost in Austin, TX — inpatient

In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 8 hospitals list a cash price for mole or benign skin lesion removal (excision), face, ears, eyelids, nose or lips, up to 0.5 cm as an inpatient: from $369.17 to $1,175.11, with a median of $1,175.11. The lowest listed price is at Texas Children's Hospital - Austin — $805.94 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,001.88 at 57 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 7 cities for code 11440, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 5, 2026 and Jun 13, 2026.

Lowest$369.17Texas Children's Hospital - Austin
Median$1,175.11half pay less
Highest$1,175.11in this market
Difference3.2×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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

median
Lowest $369.17Highest $1,175.11

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Texas Children's Hospital - Austin lowest Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC EXCISION BENIGN LESION EXCEPT SKIN.T,FACE, EARS, EYELIDS, NOSE, LIPS, MUCOUS.M, = OR < 0.5 CM $369.17 $551.00 $220.40–$523.45 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,273.04 40% Jun 3, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,566.82 40% Jun 12, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,762.67 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,370.96 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,370.96 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,762.67 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG - 0.5CM OR LESS $1,175.11 $1,958.52 $1,077.19–$1,762.67 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $369.17, median $1,175.11, highest $1,175.11 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $1,175.11 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 8 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.

What it is

This code covers cutting out a small noncancerous skin lesion up to 0.5 cm across from the face, ears, eyelids, nose or lips.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the procedure and numbing medicine. The visit may be billed separately.