Skin cancer removal cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 6 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 $1,922.99. The lowest listed price is at Saint John's Health Center — $1,150.54 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,965.60 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 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 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $772.45 | $2,207.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Exc Skin Malig <0.5 Cm Trnk/Arm/Leg | $906.00 | $4,709.90 | $99.33–$4,709.90 | 81% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Outpatient Surgical Services | $991.47 | $1,525.34 | $2,567.61–$4,443.39 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Ambulatory Surgery û Cigna Grouper Schedule* Grouper 1 | $1,550.64 | $2,385.60 | $2,567.61–$4,443.39 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 OPG - 1 | $1,807.31 | $2,780.47 | $2,567.61–$4,443.39 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Exc Tr-Ext Mal+Marg 0.5 Cm/< | $2,854.50 | $2,854.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Exc Tr-Ext Mal+Marg 0.5 Cm/< | $3,000.00 | $3,000.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgery Group 2 Global Rate | $3,869.11 | $5,952.47 | $14,322.00–$15,354.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Grouper - 1 | $3,869.11 | $5,952.47 | $9,088.30–$13,492.72 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB EXC TR-EXT MAL+MARG 0.5 < CM | $3,869.11 | $5,952.47 | $876.10–$13,492.72 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgical Group 1 | $3,869.11 | $5,952.47 | $9,088.30–$13,492.72 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $772.45, median $1,922.99, highest $3,869.11 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,813.48. 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 3 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 2 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.