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Surgery and procedures CPT 17000 Connecticut Outpatient

Precancerous spot removal cost in Connecticut

In Connecticut, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $121.55 to $339.76, with a median of $229.50. The lowest price is at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (Hartford). The highest price is 2.8× the lowest.

  • The median here, $229.50, is 24% above the US median of $184.50.
  • That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
  • Connecticut ranks 36th of 46 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 3 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Connecticut law (C.G.S. §19a-673): if you are uninsured, your income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty level and Medicaid has turned you down, a hospital and the clinicians billing through it may collect no more than the cost of your care (its charges times its cost-to-charge ratio), which is usually well below its list price. Ask the billing office to apply it. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 17000. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$121.55Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Median$229.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$339.76in Connecticut
Lowest saves$107.95vs the median

Hospitals in Connecticut, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center lowest Hartford · Hartford, CT HC Destruction Premalignant Lesions 1st Lesion $121.55 $221.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Hartford Hospital Hartford · Hartford, CT HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST $201.00 $201.00 Apr 1, 2026
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The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Torrington · Torrington, CT HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST $216.24 $216.24 Apr 1, 2026
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Day Kimball Healthcare Putnam · Putnam, CT DEST BENIGN LESI-1ST $229.50 $602.35 Aug 1, 2026
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The Hospital of Central Connecticut New Britain · New Britain, CT HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST $288.80 $288.80 Apr 1, 2026
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John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut Farmington · Farmington, CT HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST $289.20 $482.00 Jul 1, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury · Waterbury, CT DESTROY BENIGN/PREMLG LESION $339.76 $679.52 May 13, 2026
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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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Hartford, CT 2 $121.55 $161.28
Farmington, CT 1 $289.20 $289.20
New Britain, CT 1 $288.80 $288.80
Putnam, CT 1 $229.50 $229.50
Torrington, CT 1 $216.24 $216.24
Waterbury, CT 1 $339.76 $339.76
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What precancerous spot removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Precancerous spot removal explained.

Destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.