Precancerous spot removal cost in Virginia Beach, VA
In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 6 hospitals list a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $42.60 to $145.00, with a median of $145.00. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center — $102.40 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $120.00 at 23 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 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 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center lowest Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Destruct Benign Lesion 1st | $42.60 | $71.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chg - Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Chg - Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Chg - Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chg - Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chg - Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Chg - Destruct Premalg Lesion | $145.00 | $290.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $42.60, median $145.00, highest $145.00 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $145.00. 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.
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VADSTR PREMAL,1ST LSN | $12.04 | file |