Surgery and procedures CPT 17000 Outpatient

Precancerous spot removal cost in Ashley, ND

In Ashley, ND, 1 hospital lists a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $186.00 to $186.00, with a median of $186.00. Across North Dakota, the median is $146.97 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 17000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$186.00Ashley Medical Center
Median$186.00half pay less
Highest$186.00in 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 Ashley, ND.

median
Lowest $186.00Highest $300.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ashley Medical Center lowest Ashley, ND · (701) 288-3433 DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION (PHY) $186.00 $186.00 — — —
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Ashley Medical Center lowest Ashley, ND · (701) 288-3433 DESTRUCTION LESION $186.00 $186.00 $123.74–$286.73 — —
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Ashley Medical Center Ashley, ND · (701) 288-3433 DESTRUCT PREMALINANT LESION $300.00 $300.00 — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $186.00, median $186.00, highest $186.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $300.00. 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.