Surgery and procedures CPT 17000 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Precancerous spot removal cost in Houma, LA — inpatient

In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion as an inpatient: from $70.84 to $70.84, with a median of $70.84. Across Louisiana, the median is $97.30 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 17000, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$70.84Ochsner St Anne General Hospital
Median$70.84half pay less
Highest$70.84in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.

median
Lowest $70.84Highest $70.84

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital lowest Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 PR DESTRUCTION(LASER SURGERY,CRYOSURGERY,CHEMOSURGERY),PREMALIGNANT LESIONS,FIRST LESION $70.84 $161.00 — 56% —
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Ochsner St Anne General Hospital lowest Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC DESTRUCTION ANY METHOD, INCLD LASER FOR LESIONS $70.84 $161.00 — 56% —
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Inpatient: lowest $70.84, median $70.84, highest $70.84.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $70.84 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.