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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Unlisted skin treatment procedure

CPT 96999the billing code this page is about

Used for a special skin treatment or service that has no specific billing code of its own; the record must describe what was done.

Hospitals typically charge $214 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 277 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $203. Most fall between $111 and $301 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
277
States
41
Filings dated
Jul 2024 – 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 277 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
$87$136$214$251$479

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($87 vs $479).

How the prices are spread

$41 – $53: 7 hospitals$41$53 – $69: 3 hospitals$69 – $91: 19 hospitals$69$91 – $118: 20 hospitals$118 – $154: 20 hospitals$118$154 – $201: 31 hospitals$201 – $263: 100 hospitals$201$263 – $343: 20 hospitals$343 – $448: 14 hospitals$343$448 – $584: 17 hospitals$448median $214price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (251 of 277 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$41$537
$53$693
$69$9119
$91$11820
$118$15420
$154$20131
$201$263100
$263$34320
$343$44814
$448$58417

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$214
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.04×

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 $214.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $141 across 10 hospitalsIL$141Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $235 across 27 hospitalsNY$235Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $220 across 11 hospitalsNJ$220Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $215 across 39 hospitalsCA$215Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $227 across 15 hospitalsWV$227Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $87 across 10 hospitalsTN$87North Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $214 across 15 hospitalsSC$214Oklahoma: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $108 across 14 hospitalsLA$108Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $177 across 23 hospitalsTX$177Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $214. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY27$235+10%$235 – $315
West Virginia WV15$227+6%$113 – $237
New Jersey NJ11$220+3%$220 – $234
California CA39$2150%$211 – $223
South Carolina SC15$2140%$89 – $214
Texas TX23$177−17%$139 – $188
Illinois IL10$141−34%$36 – $311
Louisiana LA14$108−50%$41 – $140
Tennessee TN10$87−59%$87 – $87
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $214.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care250$214$122 – $308
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access24$113$88 – $227
Ownership
For-profit28$174$88 – $256
Government39$235$141 – $323
Non-profit210$214$113 – $297
System affiliation
Part of a system233$214$111 – $276
Independent44$199$98 – $446

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$379
Median cash price$214
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

184 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $211 and the average of the middle 60% is $195; most fall between $108 and $297.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 184 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
$75$132$211$227$499

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($75 vs $499).

Of the 204 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 184 gave a usable cash price; 4 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

277 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 306 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted277
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here3
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code306

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as UNLISTED SPEC DERM SVC/PX.

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, “Unlisted skin treatment procedure (CPT 96999) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-96999-unlisted-skin-treatment-procedure