Surgery and procedures CPT 17000 Outpatient

Precancerous spot removal cost in Ripley, WV

In Ripley, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $398.50 to $398.50, with a median of $398.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $229.00 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$398.50Community Health Association
Median$398.50half pay less
Highest$398.50in 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 Ripley, WV.

median
Lowest $398.50Highest $462.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Community Health Association lowest Ripley, WV · (304) 372-2731 DESTRUCTION OF PRECANCER SKIN GROWTH; 1 GROWTH $398.50 $797.00 — 50% —
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Community Health Association Ripley, WV · (304) 372-2731 DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION $462.50 $925.00 — 50% —
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Outpatient: lowest $398.50, median $398.50, highest $398.50.

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.