These surgeries include sedation if done in the office and 3 months of routine post-operative care. Treatment of recurrence of a disease or pathology is not routine post-operative care and fees are charged.
Some of these surgeries will be done in an operating room in which case there is an additional $280 OR fee. Rounding on a patient in the hospital is $200 per day. There is a minimum fee of $2,500 to go to the hospital, even if the surgery fee, OR fee, and/or rounding fees add up to less than $2,500.
If done in an operating room, anesthesia will be billed by the anesthesiologist who generally accepts your medical insurance. The hospital or surgery center will also have fees that may be covered or partially covered by your medical insurance.
Benign lesions are things that are not cancerous.
Single layer closure means sutures (stitches) are only placed in the surface layer, either the skin or the gums.
Multiple layer closure means stitches are placed under the surface and in the skin or gums.
Pathology consultations are $200. The $200 is applied to the surgery price below if surgery is completed within 3 months of the consultation. If the consultation and surgery are on the same day, there is no separate charge for the consultation. More details are here.
Excision of a benign soft tissue lesion, simple: $500
Includes single layer closure.
Excision of a benign lesion, intermediate: $900
May require multiple layer closure or wide undermining of tissue.
Excision of a benign lesion, complex: $1,800
Requires rotational flaps or other complex closure.
Marsupialization of a cyst or ranula: $900
The cyst or ranula is surgically opened then sewn open. It is left open to heal and close on its own.
Enucleation or simple resection of a benign bony lesion: $750
This is a surgery to “scoop-out” something benign in the jaw or face bones.
Additional fees for complicated closures such as sinus opening. For example, if removing a benign bony lesions leaves a hole into the sinus then an additional complex sinus closure would be billed.
Intermediate or complex resection of a benign bony lesion: $3,375
This is a surgery to remove benign bone pathology with normal surrounding bone and possibly soft tissue. Additional fees for complicated closures.
Resection of a soft tissue cancerous lesion, simple: $1,350
In a cancer resection, normal tissue around the tissue is removed (resected) with the cancer. Includes single layer closure.
Resection of a soft tissue cancerous lesion, intermediate: $3,600
May require multiple layer closure or wide undermining of tissue.
Resection of a soft tissue cancerous lesion, complex: $6,200
Requires rotational flaps or other complex closures.
Resection of a cancerous lesion in bone or requiring bone resection: $9,800
Additional fees for complicated closures such as sinus opening.
Neck dissection prior to radiation: $4,100 per side
This is a surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck and is part of the treatment for some head and neck cancers.