Surgery and procedures CPT 17000 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Precancerous spot removal cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion as an inpatient: 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 inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$80.73St Joseph Hospital of Nashua
Median$208.68half pay less
Highest$383.40in this market
Difference4.7×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $80.73Highest $383.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC DESTRUCT BENIGN LESION 1ST $80.73 $207.00 — 61% —
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Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Dstrct Ben/Prem Lesion $208.68 $564.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 PULSE DI LASER $383.40 $639.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $80.73, median $208.68, highest $383.40 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $208.68 — 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.

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