CPT 11470

Skin Lesion Excision

Current code38 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicaid (state program): Washington Apple Health fee-for-service. Applies only to Medicaid enrollees.

Prices for CPT 11470 by hospital
Hospital	Medicaid (state program) rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$8,833	$12,619
Island HospitalAnacortes	—	$610	$610
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$290 – $827Doctor’s fee: $538 – $827	$446 – $1,273Doctor’s fee: $828 – $1,273
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster	Doctor’s fee: $371	Doctor’s fee: $530	Doctor’s fee: $530
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$3,520	$5,028
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$3,496	$6,854

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $583 in an office; $312 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $515 in an office; $283 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $2,968 (APC 5073)
Surgery center payment (national): $1,248

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 11470:

11470P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)
11470T (with a letter after it, T; 1 price line)