Skin cancer removal cost in Corning, NY
In Corning, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm: from $72.95 to $282.24, with a median of $199.46. The lowest listed price is at Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital — $126.51 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $836.57 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Mar 27, 2026 and Mar 27, 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 Corning, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital lowest Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC (T)Excision Malig Lesion Trunk Arms Legs;Excised .5cm or Le | $72.95 | $364.73 | $152.71–$364.73 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 PR EXCISION MAL LESION TRUNK/ARM/LEG 0.5 CM/< | $199.46 | $334.50 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 HC Fac Exc Skin Malig <0.5 Cm Trunk,Arm,Leg | $282.24 | $352.80 | $104.00–$849.25 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 HC Fac Exc Skin Malig <0.5 Cm Trunk,Arm,Leg | $282.24 | $352.80 | $104.00–$832.60 | 20% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $72.95, median $199.46, highest $282.24 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $240.85. 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 2 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 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.