Skin cancer removal cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm: from $270.00 to $28,973.78, with a median of $570.90. The lowest listed price is at Nationwide Children's Hospital — $300.90 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $1,372.15 at 45 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 11600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 22, 2025 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 Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital lowest Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 MALIGNANT EXCISION,TRUNK, ARMS OR LEGS, < 0.6 | $270.00 | $300.00 | $141.00–$294.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 PR EXCISION MAL LESION TRUNK/ARM/LEG 0.5 CM/< | $545.40 | $606.00 | $436.32–$454.50 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH · (419) 946-5015 Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less | $570.90 | $878.30 | $324.97–$851.95 | 35% | Oct 22, 2025 source file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC Excision Malignant Lesion Trunk/Arms/Legs <= 0.5 Cm | $28,973.78 | — | $154.25–$4,201.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $270.00, median $570.90, highest $28,973.78 — a 107.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $270.00. 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 2 of 3 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 skin cancer up to 0.5 cm across, with a margin of normal skin, from the body, arms or legs.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the procedure and numbing medicine. The visit may be billed separately.