Skin cancer removal cost in Arizona
In Arizona, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm: from $364.80 to $9,873.99, with a median of $868.98. The lowest price is at Copper Queen Community Hospital (Bisbee). The highest price is 27.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $868.98, is 23% above the US median of $705.38.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($723.47).
- Arizona ranks 28th of 40 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11600. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 12, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$364.80Copper Queen Community Hospital
Median$868.98half of hospitals charge less
Highest$9,873.99in Arizona
Lowest saves$504.18vs the median
Hospitals in Arizona, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Queen Community Hospital lowest Bisbee · Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Excise, Malign Lesion w/Margins, Trunk, Arms, or Legs; Excised diam 0.5 cm or Le | $364.80 | $456.00 | Oct 7, 2026 source file |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center Yuma · Yuma, AZ HC EXCISION MALIGNANT LESION, =<0.5CM, TRUNK,ARM,LEG | $601.25 | $925.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Valleywise Health Medical Center Phoenix · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ HC EXCISION MAL LESION TRUNK/ARM/LEG 0.5 CM/< | $868.98 | $2,200.00 | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center Prescott · Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ EXCISION MAL LESION TRUNK/ARM/LEG 0.5 CM/ | $1,118.69 | $1,455.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Western Arizona Regional Medical Center Bullhead City · Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ EXC TR-EXT MAL+MARG 0.5 CM/< | $9,873.99 | $82,283.28 | Dec 2, 2024 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 1 | $9,873.99 | $9,873.99 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 1 | $868.98 | $868.98 |
| Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 1 | $1,118.69 | $1,118.69 |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 1 | $364.80 | $364.80 |
| Yuma, AZ | 1 | $601.25 | $601.25 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
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Skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm in other states
- Alabama$1,818.68
- Alaska$656.83, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$863.98
- California$1,965.60
- Colorado$1,998.21
- Connecticut$907.20, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$3,359.90, 2 hospitals
- District of Columbia$953.81, 2 hospitals
- Florida$1,634.55
- Georgia$632.97
- Hawaii$2,419.89, 2 hospitals
- Idaho$532.97
- Illinois$568.87
- Indiana$527.10
- Iowa$405.70
- Kansas$260.95
- Kentucky$216.00
- Louisiana$507.33
- Maine$344.98
- Maryland$495.00, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$1,034.00
- Michigan$329.62
- Minnesota$544.29
- Mississippi$480.00
- Missouri$633.10
- Montana$329.06
- Nebraska$453.00
- Nevada$440.50, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$246.04, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$1,000.28
- New Mexico$758.49
- New York$859.28
- North Carolina$622.50
- North Dakota$529.50
- Ohio$1,372.15
- Oklahoma$320.00
- Oregon$463.25
- Pennsylvania$1,050.49
- Puerto Rico$440.17, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$820.80, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$3,456.99
- South Dakota$839.10
- Tennessee$885.38
- Texas$1,183.20
- Utah$1,188.60, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$267.67
- Virginia$1,131.50
- Washington$667.17
- West Virginia$812.00
- Wisconsin$367.25
- Wyoming$280.00, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.