Mole removal, face cost in Charleston, SC
In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for mole or benign skin lesion removal (excision), face, ears, eyelids, nose or lips, up to 0.5 cm: from $849.50 to $1,422.20, with a median of $1,422.20. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Medical Center — $572.70 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $849.50 at 13 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 11440, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charleston-North Charleston, SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Medical Center lowest Charleston, SC · (843) 792-2300 HB EXC/BEN LES/FCE/EAR/NS/TO.5CM | $849.50 | $1,699.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 724-2800 HC Exc Face-Mm B9+Marg 0.5 Cm/< | $1,422.20 | $2,188.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
| Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant, SC HC Exc Face-Mm B9+Marg 0.5 Cm/< | $1,422.20 | $2,188.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
| Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville, SC · (854) 529-3002 HC Exc Face-Mm B9+Marg 0.5 Cm/< | $1,422.20 | $2,188.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
| Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 402-1006 HC Exc Face-Mm B9+Marg 0.5 Cm/< | $1,422.20 | $2,188.00 | — | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $849.50, median $1,422.20, highest $1,422.20 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,422.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.