Surgery and procedures CPT 17000 Outpatient

Precancerous spot removal cost in Cut Bank, MT

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $64.68 to $64.68, with a median of $64.68. Across Montana, the median is $172.14 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 17000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$64.68Logan Health - Cut Bank

Median$64.68half of hospitals charge less

Highest$64.68in 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 Cut Bank, MT.

median

Lowest $64.68Highest $185.74

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 17000 Treatment Room II File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$64.68	$99.50	—	35%
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 17000 Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st Lesion File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$185.74	$285.75	—	35%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $64.68, median $64.68, highest $64.68.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $64.68. 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.