Skin cancer removal cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm: from $149.40 to $1,303.13, with a median of $216.00. The lowest price is at Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services (Salem). The highest price is 8.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $216.00, is 69% below the US median of $705.38.
- That is 0.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($723.47).
- Kentucky has the lowest median of 39 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 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 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$149.40Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services
Median$216.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,303.13in Kentucky
Lowest saves$66.60vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services lowest Salem · Paducah, KY-IL 11600 Excision, malignant lesion including margins, trunk, arms, or legs; < 0.5cm | $149.40 | $249.00 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Tug Valley Appalachian Regional Healthcare Regional Medical Center South Williamson · Pikeville, KY EXC MAL LES TRN ARM LEG<=0.5CM | $154.20 | $257.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital Carrollton · Carrollton, KY EXE MAL LES W/M | $158.40 | $264.00 | Aug 17, 2026 source file |
| T J Samson Community Hospital Glasgow · Glasgow, KY Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less | $191.75 | $295.00 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| St Claire Medical Center Morehead · Morehead, KY Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 0.5 cm or less | $216.00 | $288.00 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Henderson Hospital Henderson · Henderson, KY HC EXC SKIN MALIG <0.5 CM TRUNK ARM LEG | $303.30 | $1,011.00 | Feb 9, 2026 source file |
| Casey County Hospital Liberty · Liberty, KY EXC MAL LES 0.5-LESS | $420.80 | $526.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Excision Malignant Lesion Trunk/Arm/Lg 0.5 Cm/< | $803.40 | $2,008.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland County Hospital Burkesville · Burkesville, KY EXC TR EXT MAL+MARG 0.5 CM/< | $1,303.13 | $1,737.50 | Mar 24, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkesville, KY | 1 | $1,303.13 | $1,303.13 |
| Carrollton, KY | 1 | $158.40 | $158.40 |
| Glasgow, KY | 1 | $191.75 | $191.75 |
| Henderson, KY | 1 | $303.30 | $303.30 |
| Liberty, KY | 1 | $420.80 | $420.80 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 1 | $803.40 | $803.40 |
| Morehead, KY | 1 | $216.00 | $216.00 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 1 | $149.40 | $149.40 |
| Pikeville, KY | 1 | $154.20 | $154.20 |
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
What skin cancer removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Skin cancer removal explained.
Skin cancer removal (excision), body, arms or legs, up to 0.5 cm in other states
- Alabama$699.95
- Alaska$656.83, 4 hospitals
- Arizona$735.12, 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$483.75
- Iowa$405.70
- Kansas$260.95
- Louisiana$507.33
- Maine$344.98
- Maryland$495.00, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$1,034.00
- Michigan$329.62
- Minnesota$544.29
- Mississippi$360.00
- 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.