Skin cancer removal cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm: from $772.45 to $3,869.11, with a median of $1,987.65. The lowest listed price is at Saint John's Health Center — $1,215.20 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,965.60 at 58 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,987.65, is 182% above the US median of $705.38.
- That is 2.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($723.47).
- Los Angeles, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 8 cities for code 11600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John's Health Center lowest Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC EXCISION MAL LESION TRUNK/ARM/LEG 0.5 CM/OR LESS CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $772.45 | $2,207.00 | — | 65% |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove, CA · (714) 537-5160 Hc Exc Skin Malig <0.5 Cm Trnk/Arm/Leg File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $906.00 | $4,709.90 | $99.33–$4,709.90 | 81% |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 827-3000 Hc Exc Skin Malig <0.5 Cm Trnk/Arm/Leg File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $906.00 | $4,709.90 | $99.33–$4,709.90 | 81% |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Exc Skin Malig <0.5 Cm Trnk/Arm/Leg File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $906.00 | $4,709.90 | $99.33–$4,709.90 | 81% |
| East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles, CA · (323) 268-5514 EXC TR-EXT MLG+MARG 0.5 < CM File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $1,987.65 | $1,987.65 | $70.64–$1,758.14 | — |
| Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital Norwalk, CA · (310) 532-4200 EXC TR-EXT MLG+MARG 0.5 < CM File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $1,987.65 | $1,987.65 | $70.64–$2,090.43 | — |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena Gardena, CA · (310) 532-4200 EXC TR-EXT MLG+MARG 0.5 < CM File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $1,987.65 | $1,987.65 | $70.64–$1,758.14 | — |
| Community Hospital of Huntington Park Huntington Park, CA · (323) 583-1931 EXC TR-EXT MLG+MARG 0.5 < CM File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $1,987.65 | $1,987.65 | $70.64–$1,758.14 | — |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Exc Tr-Ext Mal+Marg 0.5 Cm/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,854.50 | $2,854.50 | — | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Exc Tr-Ext Mal+Marg 0.5 Cm/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,000.00 | $3,000.00 | — | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Grouper - 1+3 more lines at this price File of Nov 26, 2025 · source file | $3,869.11 | $5,952.47 | $876.10–$15,354.00 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $772.45, median $1,987.65, highest $3,869.11 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $1,987.65. 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 5 of 8 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.
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