SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 19120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Beaufort Memorial Hospital BEAUFORT, SC
EXCISION OF CYST(S)
$774.00 $1,290.00 40%
file
Beaufort Memorial Hospital BEAUFORT, SC
EXC BREAST LESION WO/NDLE LOC
$2,807.40 $4,679.00 40%
file
Beaufort Memorial Hospital BEAUFORT, SC
EXC BREAST LES 1+ BILAT
both sides $6,409.80 $10,683.00 40%
file

Both sides : lowest $6,409.80, median $6,409.80, highest $6,409.80.

Outpatient: lowest $774.00, median $1,790.70, highest $2,807.40 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $6,409.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $774.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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