Precancerous spot removal cost in Manchester, NH
In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $80.73 to $383.40, with a median of $208.68. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph Hospital of Nashua — $127.95 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $95.78 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 17000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Manchester-Nashua, NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC DESTRUCT BENIGN LESION 1ST | $80.73 | $207.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Dstrct Ben/Prem Lesion | $208.68 | $564.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 PULSE DI LASER | $383.40 | $639.00 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $80.73, median $208.68, highest $383.40 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $208.68. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NHMHP DESTRUCT FACIAL LESION | $12.60 | file |