Surgery and procedures CPT 11440 Outpatient

Mole removal, face cost in Corning, NY

In Corning, NY, 2 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 $190.37 to $253.43, with a median of $221.90. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $31.53 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $832.60 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$190.37St. James Hospital
Median$221.90half pay less
Highest$253.43in this market
Difference1.3×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 Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $190.37Highest $1,338.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 PR EXC B9 LESION MRGN XCP SK TG F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5CM/< $190.37 $319.25 — 40% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Exc Ben Les <.5cm Face Ears Eyelids $253.43 $316.79 $70.85–$849.25 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Exc Ben Les <.5cm Face Ears Eyelids $253.43 $316.79 $70.85–$832.60 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Ex Les Ben Face 0-0.5cm $875.20 $1,094.00 $85.27 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Ex Les Ben Face 0-0.5cm $875.20 $1,094.00 $70.85–$1,094.00 20% —
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St. James Hospital Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 HB Exc B9 Les Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5cm/< $1,338.00 — — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $190.37, median $221.90, highest $253.43 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $221.90. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 11440 ($615.13). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NYHC Exc Skin Benig <0.5 Cm Face,Facial $46.08 file