Mole removal, face cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 12 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 $124.40 to $2,556.00, with a median of $1,440.00. The lowest listed price is at Mountains Community Hospital — $1,315.60 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,476.80 at 116 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,440.00, is 95% above the US median of $739.00.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($723.47).
- Riverside, CA ranks 2nd of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 10 cities for code 11440, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2026 and Sep 2, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains Community Hospital lowest Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 EXC FACE-MM B9+MARG 0.5 CM/< File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file | $124.40 | $311.00 | $139.95–$264.35 | 60% |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 FACE<.6 CM3 File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $501.38 | $716.25 | $106.19–$644.63 | 30% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ED EXC B9 LESION MRGN XCP SK TG F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5CM OR LESS CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $954.24 | $1,988.00 | — | 52% |
| Riverside University Medical Center one side Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Exc Facial Lesion Lt 0.5 Cm+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $984.32 | $984.32 | $134.46–$1,475.07 | — |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Removal of noncancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 0.5 cm or less File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $1,412.00 | $11,038.00 | $64.41–$16,005.10 | 87% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital one side Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC EXC FACIAL LESION LT 0.5 CM File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $1,440.00 | $3,200.00 | $122.38–$6,716.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center one side Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC EXC FACIAL LESION LT 0.5 CM File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $1,440.00 | $3,200.00 | $122.38–$6,587.00 | 55% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 EXC B9 LESION MRGN XCP SK TG F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5CM/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,476.80 | $2,840.00 | $698.00–$2,076.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 EXC B9 LESION MRGN XCP SK TG F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5CM/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,476.80 | $2,840.00 | $698.00–$2,076.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 EXC B9 LESION MRGN XCP SK TG F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5CM/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,476.80 | $2,840.00 | $698.00–$2,076.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 EXC B9 LESION MRGN XCP SK TG F/E/E/N/L/M 0.5CM/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,476.80 | $2,840.00 | $698.00–$2,076.00 | 48% |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC EXC SKIN BENIG <0.5 CM FACE,FACIAL File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $2,556.00 | $2,556.00 | $134.46–$1,853.10 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $124.40, median $1,440.00, highest $2,556.00 — a 20.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $1,458.40. 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 10 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.
What mole removal, face is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Mole removal, face explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 11440 ($602.40). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CARemoval of noncancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 0.5 cm or less | $28.80 | file |