Mohs surgery cost in Chicago, IL
In Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 11 hospitals list a cash price for Mohs surgery for skin cancer, first stage, head, neck, hands, feet or genitals: from $249.85 to $4,201.00, with a median of $585.00. The lowest listed price is at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and 1 other hospital — $335.15 less than the median here. Across Illinois, the median is $747.31 at 14 hospitals.
- The median here, $585.00, is 52% below the US median of $1,222.00.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($755.08).
- 4 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 17311, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital lowest Melrose Park, IL · (708) 681-3200 Mohs Surg H/N/Hf/G 1st Stag 5 Blocks File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $249.85 | $1,315.00 | $356.37–$959.95 | 81% |
| MacNeal Hospital lowest Berwyn, IL · (708) 783-9100 Mohs Surg H/N/Hf/G 1st Stag 5 Blocks File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $249.85 | $1,315.00 | $249.85–$1,821.28 | 81% |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL · (708) 216-9000 Mohs Surg H/N/Hf/G 1st Stag 5 Blocks File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $302.45 | $1,315.00 | $466.83–$1,386.01 | 77% |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 PF-MOHS 1 STAGE H/N/HF/G File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $550.20 | $786.00 | $287.31–$832.06 | 30% |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Glenbrook Hospital Glenview, IL Mohs 1 Stage H/N/Hf/G File of Jan 1, 2025 · source file | $585.00 | $900.00 | $121.50–$491.40 | 35% |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Skokie Hospital Skokie, IL Mohs 1 Stage H/N/Hf/G File of Jan 1, 2025 · source file | $585.00 | $900.00 | $121.50–$491.40 | 35% |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · (847) 570-2000 MOHS, 1 STAGE, H/N/HF/G File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $900.00 | $900.00 | — | — |
| Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital Highland Park, IL MOHS, 1 STAGE, H/N/HF/G File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $900.00 | $900.00 | — | — |
| Swedish Covenant Health Chicago, IL · (773) 878-8200 MOHS, 1 STAGE, H/N/HF/G File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $900.00 | $900.00 | — | — |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago, IL · (312) 864-6000 MOHS 1 STAGE H/N/HF/G File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,321.60 | $1,888.00 | $287.31–$1,510.40 | 30% |
| Franciscan Health Munster Munster, IN · (219) 922-4200 Mohs Micrographic H/N/H/F/G 1st Stage 5 Blocks File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,327.03 | $10,925.00 | $781.95–$4,106.00 | 79% |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL · (773) 702-9785 Hc Mohs, Head, Neck, Hands, Feet, Geniatlia, First Stage, Up To 5 Tissue Blocks-Pbb+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,201.00 | $4,201.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $249.85, median $585.00, highest $4,201.00 — a 16.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $900.00. 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 5 of 7 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 Mohs surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Mohs surgery explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 17311 ($797.99). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Hospitals Gary, INMohs 1 stage h/n/hf/g | $0.01 | file |
| Methodist Hospital-Southlake Merrillville, INMohs 1 stage h/n/hf/g | $0.01 | file |