Surgery and procedures CPT 11440 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Mole removal, face cost in Durham, NC — inpatient

In Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, 1 hospital lists 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 $207.50 to $207.50, with a median of $207.50. Across North Carolina, the median is $615.13 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 11440, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$207.50Duke Regional Hospital
Median$207.50half pay less
Highest$207.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.

median
Lowest $207.50Highest $473.31

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Duke Regional Hospital lowest Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Exc B9 Lesion Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5cm/< $207.50 $415.00 $34.66–$61.62 50% —
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Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Exc B9 Lesion Mrgn Xcp Sk Tg F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5cm/< $219.50 $439.00 $34.66–$190.97 50% —
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Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Excisn Lesn Feeynolm <=0.5cm $473.31 $1,753.00 $282.06–$1,321.76 73% —
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Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Excisn Lesn Feeynolm <=0.5cm $473.31 $1,753.00 $313.44–$1,577.70 73% —
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Inpatient: lowest $207.50, median $207.50, highest $207.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $207.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not 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.