Surgery and procedures CPT 17311 173 markets

Mohs surgery cost without insurance

The median hospital cash price for Mohs surgery for skin cancer, first stage, head, neck, hands, feet or genitals is $1,222.00 across 341 US hospitals; most list between $566.31 and $3,452.80. The lowest outpatient cash price in any of 173 markets is $150.78. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Mole removal costs

Lowest$150.78any market
Median market$1,170.40middle of market medians
Most below$3,452.809 in 10 hospitals
Listings341hospital prices

Compared with Medicare

$755.08 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $1,222.00 across 341 hospitals, is 1.6× that.

Researchers often measure hospital prices as a multiple of Medicare's rate, and it is a concrete number to mention when you ask a hospital for a cash discount. Source: CMS.

Cash or insurance?

If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you pay the rate your plan negotiated with the hospital, not the cash price. Hospital price files list those rates too: for Mohs surgery, the highest negotiated rate in a hospital's file has a median of $2,316.00 and the lowest a median of $410.00. At 223 of 253 hospitals that publish both, the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate.

With a high deductible, cash can cost less. But a cash payment may not count toward your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum: ask your plan for its rate at that hospital (most have a cost estimator) and whether it will credit a cash payment.

What is CPT 17311?

Mohs surgery removes skin cancer in thin layers, checking each under a microscope during the procedure until the margins are clear. It is used for the face and other sensitive areas.

What the price covers

The price covers the first stage, including the surgeon's lab exam of the tissue. Additional stages and the wound repair are billed separately.

Why prices differ

Most Mohs surgery is done in dermatology offices, which often charge less than hospitals.

What to ask

Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 17311 includes additional stages and closing the wound.

Prices by state

Among 20 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Louisiana ($315.38), Georgia ($577.98) and Mississippi ($688.00), and highest in Pennsylvania ($3,452.80), Colorado ($1,693.24) and Idaho ($1,686.00).

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowestMedianHighest×
Ada, MN single city 1 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 1.0×
Albemarle, NC 1 $1,274.00 $1,274.00 $1,274.00 1.0×
Albuquerque, NM 1 $372.90 $372.90 $372.90 1.0×
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 8 $2,239.20 $3,452.80 $3,452.80 1.5×
Amory, MS single city 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $678.00 $678.00 $678.00 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Athens-Clarke County, GA 1 $275.46 $275.46 $275.46 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9 $577.98 $577.98 $577.98 1.0×
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 $956.24 $956.24 $956.24 1.0×
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1 $577.98 $577.98 $577.98 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 7 $1,254.01 $1,254.01 $1,304.17 1.0×
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 $764.07 $764.07 $764.07 1.0×
Bangor, ME 1 $666.96 $666.96 $666.96 1.0×
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 6 $730.56 $1,028.94 $1,028.94 1.4×
Beaver Dam, WI 1 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 1.0×
Bloomington, IL 1 $1,561.00 $1,561.00 $1,561.00 1.0×
Boise City, ID 3 $594.78 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 2.8×
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 5 $829.80 $1,225.00 $2,294.00 2.8×
Boulder, CO 1 $1,693.24 $1,693.24 $1,693.24 1.0×
Brenham, TX 1 $1,335.01 $1,335.01 $1,335.01 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 2 $954.00 $1,179.84 $1,405.67 1.5×
Cades, SC single city 1 $407.50 $407.50 $407.50 1.0×
Champaign-Urbana, IL 1 $2,195.00 $2,195.00 $2,195.00 1.0×
Charleston, WV 2 $1,088.50 $1,202.00 $1,315.50 1.2×
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1 $564.00 $564.00 $564.00 1.0×
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 8 $1,274.00 $1,274.00 $1,274.00 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 11 $249.85 $585.00 $4,201.00 16.8×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 2 $2,673.60 $2,673.60 $2,673.60 1.0×
Clarksburg, WV 1 $849.50 $849.50 $849.50 1.0×
Clarksville, TN-KY 1 $241.16 $241.16 $241.16 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 2 $1,193.40 $1,205.17 $1,216.94 1.0×
College Station-Bryan, TX 1 $1,283.66 $1,283.66 $1,283.66 1.0×
Columbus, OH 1 $301.15 $301.15 $301.15 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2 $755.60 $2,026.57 $3,297.53 4.4×
DeKalb, MS single city 1 $1,037.76 $1,037.76 $1,037.76 1.0×
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 4 $1,693.24 $1,693.24 $1,693.24 1.0×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 2 $1,016.25 $1,016.25 $1,016.25 1.0×
Devils Lake, ND single city 1 $880.84 $880.84 $880.84 1.0×
Duluth, MN-WI 4 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 $1,302.34 1.0×
Duncan, OK 1 $1,248.00 $1,248.00 $1,248.00 1.0×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
East Stroudsburg, PA 1 $3,452.80 $3,452.80 $3,452.80 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 3 $1,170.40 $1,556.10 $1,712.53 1.5×
Farmington, CT single city 1 $730.20 $730.20 $730.20 1.0×
Fresno, CA 1 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.0×
Gainesville, FL 1 $1,040.60 $1,040.60 $1,040.60 1.0×
Graceville, MN single city 1 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 1.0×
Grand Forks, ND-MN 2 $880.84 $1,077.44 $1,274.04 1.4×
Grand Rapids, MN 1 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 1.0×
Green Bay, WI 1 $1,404.74 $1,404.74 $1,404.74 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 1.0×
Hamilton, AL single city 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Hammond, LA 1 $389.82 $389.82 $389.82 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 3 $950.58 $1,252.19 $1,318.24 1.4×
Houghton, MI 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 2 $3,342.00 $3,469.71 $3,597.41 1.1×
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 1 $529.17 $529.17 $529.17 1.0×
Hutchinson, KS 1 $458.46 $458.46 $458.46 1.0×
Idaho Falls, ID 1 $1,222.00 $1,222.00 $1,222.00 1.0×
Iowa City, IA 2 $1,561.00 $1,561.00 $1,561.00 1.0×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Iuka, MS single city 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Janesville-Beloit, WI 1 $566.31 $566.31 $566.31 1.0×
Killeen-Temple, TX 3 $1,283.66 $1,335.01 $1,335.01 1.0×
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY 1 $922.57 $922.57 $922.57 1.0×
Klamath Falls, OR 1 $541.91 $541.91 $541.91 1.0×
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 2 $605.95 $909.78 $1,213.60 2.0×
Ladysmith, WI single city 1 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 1.0×
LaGrange, GA-AL 1 $577.98 $577.98 $577.98 1.0×
Lakeview, OR single city 1 $1,235.90 $1,235.90 $1,235.90 1.0×
Lancaster, PA 1 $1,153.51 $1,153.51 $1,153.51 1.0×
Lawton, OK 1 $1,795.34 $1,795.34 $1,795.34 1.0×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 1 $413.71 $413.71 $413.71 1.0×
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1 $1,136.20 $1,136.20 $1,136.20 1.0×
Lima, OH 1 $657.00 $657.00 $657.00 1.0×
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 2 $480.00 $480.00 $480.00 1.0×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 2 $1,874.60 $2,919.72 $3,964.84 2.1×
Madison, WI 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $1,283.66 $1,283.66 $1,283.66 1.0×
Mason City, IA 1 $391.95 $391.95 $391.95 1.0×
McCall, ID single city 1 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 1.0×
Medford, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Meridian, MS 2 $526.40 $767.04 $1,007.68 1.9×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 7 $759.45 $767.20 $4,385.14 5.8×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $1,559.33 $1,559.33 $1,559.33 1.0×
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 1 $669.92 $669.92 $669.92 1.0×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 $717.39 $717.39 $717.39 1.0×
Minocqua, WI single city 1 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 1.0×
Minot, ND 2 $629.60 $629.60 $629.60 1.0×
Modesto, CA 1 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.0×
Monroe, LA 1 $672.34 $672.34 $672.34 1.0×
Morgantown, WV 1 $1,014.50 $1,014.50 $1,014.50 1.0×
Morris, MN single city 1 $657.75 $657.75 $657.75 1.0×
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 1 $543.20 $543.20 $543.20 1.0×
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 1 $42,626.89 $42,626.89 $42,626.89 1.0×
Nacogdoches, TX 1 $380.00 $380.00 $380.00 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2 $665.26 $794.67 $924.07 1.4×
Nebraska City, NE single city 1 $659.28 $659.28 $659.28 1.0×
Neillsville, WI single city 1 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 1.0×
New Martinsville, WV single city 1 $762.50 $762.50 $762.50 1.0×
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 9 $150.78 $277.44 $22,351.37 148.2×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 48 $612.13 $1,107.00 $6,839.00 11.2×
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $1,719.00 $1,719.00 $1,719.00 1.0×
Oklahoma City, OK 1 $815.98 $815.98 $815.98 1.0×
Omaha, NE-IA 2 $998.14 $998.14 $998.14 1.0×
Orangeburg, SC 1 $564.00 $564.00 $564.00 1.0×
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 3 $1,040.60 $1,040.60 $1,977.00 1.9×
Owosso, MI 1 $292.00 $292.00 $292.00 1.0×
Park Falls, WI single city 1 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 1.0×
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $849.50 $849.50 $849.50 1.0×
Peoria, IL 1 $1,561.00 $1,561.00 $1,561.00 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2 $3,520.80 $3,520.80 $3,520.80 1.0×
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 1 $906.95 $906.95 $906.95 1.0×
Pine Bluff, AR 1 $1,465.00 $1,465.00 $1,465.00 1.0×
Pittsburgh, PA 1 $849.50 $849.50 $849.50 1.0×
Pontotoc, MS single city 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Port St. Lucie, FL 1 $1,491.75 $1,491.75 $1,491.75 1.0×
Port Townsend, WA 1 $1,640.80 $1,640.80 $1,640.80 1.0×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 $1,577.55 $1,577.55 $1,577.55 1.0×
Pottsville, PA 2 $3,434.40 $3,434.40 $3,434.40 1.0×
Rapid City, SD 3 $1,239.20 $1,239.20 $1,239.20 1.0×
Reading, PA 1 $1,034.94 $1,034.94 $1,034.94 1.0×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Rice Lake, WI 1 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 $1,170.40 1.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 $334.29 $334.29 $334.29 1.0×
Rochester, NY 3 $1,351.65 $1,351.65 $2,521.95 1.9×
Rockford, IL 1 $594.62 $594.62 $594.62 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 3 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.0×
Salmon, ID single city 1 $766.50 $766.50 $766.50 1.0×
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 1 $1,246.63 $1,246.63 $1,246.63 1.0×
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 $662.70 $662.70 $662.70 1.0×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 1 $641.85 $641.85 $641.85 1.0×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 11 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $14,964.00 9.0×
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3 $962.40 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.7×
Sandstone, MN single city 1 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 $1,274.04 1.0×
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.0×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 $985.83 $985.83 $985.83 1.0×
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL 1 $1,491.75 $1,491.75 $1,491.75 1.0×
Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC 1 $1,274.00 $1,274.00 $1,274.00 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $665.26 $665.26 $665.26 1.0×
Sherman-Denison, TX 1 $1,156.80 $1,156.80 $1,156.80 1.0×
Sidney, MT single city 1 $1,087.32 $1,087.32 $1,087.32 1.0×
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 1 $150.78 $150.78 $150.78 1.0×
Spearfish, SD 2 $1,239.20 $1,239.20 $1,239.20 1.0×
Springfield, MO 1 $506.40 $506.40 $506.40 1.0×
Staples, MN single city 1 $1,020.52 $1,020.52 $1,020.52 1.0×
Starkville, MS 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 3 $1,170.40 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.3×
Stockton-Lodi, CA 1 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.0×
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1 $6,289.69 $6,289.69 $6,289.69 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $1,335.01 $1,335.01 $1,335.01 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Trenton-Princeton, NJ 1 $5,110.00 $5,110.00 $5,110.00 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $665.26 $665.26 $665.26 1.0×
Tupelo, MS 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 $1,686.00 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $1,970.26 $1,970.26 $1,970.26 1.0×
Vallejo, CA 2 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 $1,657.60 1.0×
Waco, TX 1 $1,283.66 $1,283.66 $1,283.66 1.0×
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 1 $1,561.50 $1,561.50 $1,561.50 1.0×
Wausau, WI 2 $1,170.40 $1,363.25 $1,556.10 1.3×
Wayne, NE single city 1 $1,105.00 $1,105.00 $1,105.00 1.0×
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 1 $677.70 $677.70 $677.70 1.0×
West Point, MS single city 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 1 $1,097.50 $1,097.50 $1,097.50 1.0×
Winfield, AL single city 1 $688.00 $688.00 $688.00 1.0×
Winston-Salem, NC 2 $702.50 $722.00 $741.50 1.1×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 2 $1,170.40 $1,363.25 $1,556.10 1.3×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 $1,556.10 1.0×
Worcester, MA 2 $1,142.00 $1,521.00 $1,900.00 1.7×
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
Highest The highest cash price among those hospitals. A single very high price can be an error in the file; check the median too.
Highest ÷ lowest How many times the highest cash price is above the lowest in the same market.

Common questions

What is CPT code 17311?

CPT 17311 is the billing code for Mohs surgery for skin cancer, first stage, head, neck, hands, feet or genitals. Mohs surgery removes skin cancer in thin layers, checking each under a microscope during the procedure until the margins are clear. It is used for the face and other sensitive areas.

How many stages are needed?

Often one or two; each additional stage is billed with another code.

Is the wound repair included?

No. Closing the wound is billed separately.

How much does Medicare pay for CPT 17311 (Mohs surgery)?

$755.08 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $1,222.00 across 341 hospitals, is 1.6× that.

Is it cheaper to pay cash or use insurance for Mohs surgery?

It depends on your deductible. Until you meet it, you pay your plan's negotiated rate, not the cash price. In hospital price files the highest negotiated rate for Mohs surgery has a median of $2,316.00 and the lowest a median of $410.00; at 223 of 253 hospitals the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate. A cash payment may not count toward your deductible, so ask your plan for its rate at that hospital first.

Which states have the cheapest Mohs surgery?

Among 20 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Louisiana ($315.38), Georgia ($577.98) and Mississippi ($688.00), and highest in Pennsylvania ($3,452.80), Colorado ($1,693.24) and Idaho ($1,686.00). Prices vary as much between hospitals in the same state, so compare hospitals near you.

Other mole removal prices

Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.