Precancerous spot removal cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $16.46 to $16.46, with a median of $16.46. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $168.26 at 67 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 17000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX DPP DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST #PF# | $16.46 | $82.32 | $15.64–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ESP DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST #PF# | $16.46 | $82.32 | $15.64–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 DPP DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST #PF# | $16.46 | $82.32 | $15.64–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX ESP DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST #PF# | $16.46 | $82.32 | $15.64–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CEP DESTRUCT LESION 1ST LESIO #PF# | $18.11 | $90.55 | $17.20–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CEP DESTRUCT LESION 1ST LESIO #PF# | $18.11 | $90.55 | $17.20–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EMP DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST LESIO #PF# | $18.11 | $90.55 | $17.20–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EMP DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST LESIO #PF# | $18.11 | $90.55 | $17.20–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX YSL DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST LESIO #PF# | $18.70 | $93.50 | $17.77–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 YSL DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST LESIO #PF# | $18.70 | $93.50 | $17.77–$210.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX FAB DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST LESIO | $21.69 | $108.46 | $57.38–$140.67 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 FAB DESTRUCTION LESION 1ST LESIO | $21.69 | $108.46 | $57.38–$140.67 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SISD DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST | $139.09 | $695.45 | $140.67–$367.89 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SISD DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST | $139.09 | $695.45 | $140.67–$367.89 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $16.46, median $16.46, highest $16.46.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $21.69. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers destroying a precancerous skin spot, such as an actinic keratosis, usually by freezing with liquid nitrogen. It is billed for the first lesion.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the procedure and numbing medicine. The visit may be billed separately.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 17000 ($160.80). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWSP DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST #PF# | $14.70 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWSP DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST #PF# | $14.70 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNHC NE DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST #PF# | $15.68 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNHC NE DESTRUCTION LESION, 1ST #PF# | $15.68 | file |