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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Freezing or destroying one precancerous skin spot

CPT 17000the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a single precancerous or benign skin growth, such as an actinic keratosis, using freezing, chemicals, electric current, or laser.

Hospitals typically charge $162 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,890 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $174. Most fall between $86 and $315 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,890
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,890 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$60$98$162$269$433

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($60 vs $433).

How the prices are spread

$44 – $58: 77 hospitals$44$58 – $76: 134 hospitals$76 – $101: 210 hospitals$76$101 – $134: 234 hospitals$134 – $178: 260 hospitals$134$178 – $235: 316 hospitals$235 – $312: 181 hospitals$235$312 – $413: 164 hospitals$413 – $547: 85 hospitals$413$547 – $724: 46 hospitals$547median $162price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,707 of 1,890 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$44$5877
$58$76134
$76$101210
$101$134234
$134$178260
$178$235316
$235$312181
$312$413164
$413$54785
$547$72446

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$162
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $162.

Alaska: median $178 across 13 hospitalsAK$178Maine: median $110 across 16 hospitalsME$110Vermont: median $164 across 11 hospitalsVT$164New Hampshire: median $70 across 14 hospitalsNH$70Washington: median $175 across 57 hospitalsWA$175Idaho: median $142 across 17 hospitalsID$142Montana: median $102 across 27 hospitalsMT$102North Dakota: median $183 across 23 hospitalsND$183Minnesota: median $180 across 67 hospitalsMN$180Illinois: median $161 across 63 hospitalsIL$161Wisconsin: median $168 across 72 hospitalsWI$168Michigan: median $136 across 57 hospitalsMI$136New York: median $235 across 80 hospitalsNY$235Massachusetts: median $237 across 37 hospitalsMA$237Oregon: median $156 across 47 hospitalsOR$156Nevada: median $218 across 13 hospitalsNV$218Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $176 across 25 hospitalsSD$176Iowa: median $143 across 75 hospitalsIA$143Indiana: median $125 across 44 hospitalsIN$125Ohio: median $202 across 81 hospitalsOH$202Pennsylvania: median $233 across 76 hospitalsPA$233New Jersey: median $423 across 38 hospitalsNJ$423Connecticut: median $288 across 12 hospitalsCT$288Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $320 across 98 hospitalsCA$320Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $158 across 41 hospitalsCO$158Nebraska: median $134 across 62 hospitalsNE$134Missouri: median $117 across 48 hospitalsMO$117Kentucky: median $144 across 38 hospitalsKY$144West Virginia: median $200 across 31 hospitalsWV$200Virginia: median $120 across 37 hospitalsVA$120Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $129 across 10 hospitalsNM$129Kansas: median $115 across 63 hospitalsKS$115Arkansas: median $100 across 15 hospitalsAR$100Tennessee: median $100 across 28 hospitalsTN$100North Carolina: median $226 across 32 hospitalsNC$226South Carolina: median $323 across 32 hospitalsSC$323Oklahoma: median $81 across 42 hospitalsOK$81Louisiana: median $77 across 29 hospitalsLA$77Mississippi: median $118 across 32 hospitalsMS$118Alabama: median $179 across 17 hospitalsAL$179Georgia: median $145 across 50 hospitalsGA$145Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $189 across 116 hospitalsTX$189Florida: median $224 across 58 hospitalsFL$224
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $162. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ38$423+160%$220 – $4,881
South Carolina SC32$323+99%$83 – $429
California CA98$320+97%$140 – $490
Connecticut CT12$288+78%$201 – $417
Massachusetts MA37$237+46%$114 – $353
New York NY80$235+45%$70 – $431
Pennsylvania PA76$233+43%$74 – $521
North Carolina NC32$226+39%$94 – $248
Florida FL58$224+38%$125 – $493
Nevada NV13$218+34%$135 – $393
Ohio OH81$202+25%$102 – $351
West Virginia WV31$200+23%$102 – $355
Texas TX116$189+16%$112 – $299
North Dakota ND23$183+13%$106 – $228
Minnesota MN67$180+11%$92 – $202
Alabama AL17$179+10%$58 – $330
Alaska AK13$178+10%$118 – $294
South Dakota SD25$176+8%$88 – $214
Washington WA57$175+8%$125 – $270
Wisconsin WI72$168+4%$118 – $315
Vermont VT11$164+1%$85 – $385
Illinois IL63$161−1%$97 – $331
Colorado CO41$158−3%$105 – $292
Oregon OR47$156−4%$79 – $235
Georgia GA50$145−10%$90 – $224
Kentucky KY38$144−12%$82 – $487
Iowa IA75$143−12%$80 – $185
Idaho ID17$142−12%$92 – $556
Michigan MI57$136−16%$55 – $276
Nebraska NE62$134−17%$110 – $172
New Mexico NM10$129−21%$91 – $233
Indiana IN44$125−23%$56 – $268
Virginia VA37$120−26%$100 – $145
Mississippi MS32$118−27%$91 – $237
Missouri MO48$117−28%$68 – $261
Kansas KS63$115−29%$75 – $189
Maine ME16$110−32%$83 – $153
Montana MT27$102−37%$79 – $180
Arkansas AR15$100−38%$76 – $145
Tennessee TN28$100−39%$68 – $154
Oklahoma OK42$81−50%$58 – $189
Louisiana LA29$77−53%$53 – $177
New Hampshire NH14$70−57%$43 – $96
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $162.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,202$191$95 – $358
Children’s39$297$101 – $900
Critical access646$127$75 – $207
Ownership
For-profit123$177$90 – $353
Government440$139$77 – $235
Non-profit1,324$177$89 – $327
System affiliation
Part of a system1,477$178$90 – $323
Independent413$135$73 – $244

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$246
Median cash price$162
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,223 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $174 and the average of the middle 60% is $184; most fall between $94 and $330.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,223 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$69$103$174$300$449

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($69 vs $449).

Of the 1,318 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,223 gave a usable cash price; 36 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 58 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,890 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,028 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,890
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here75
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded61
Hospitals that filed this code2,028

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Freezing or destroying one precancerous skin spot (CPT 17000) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-17000-freezing-or-destroying-one-precancerous-skin-spot