Precancerous spot removal cost in Nebraska
In Nebraska, 36 hospitals publish a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $44.25 to $385.00, with a median of $130.72. The lowest price is at Saunders Medical Center (Wahoo). The highest price is 8.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $130.72, is 29% below the US median of $184.50.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- Nebraska ranks 14th of 46 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 36 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$44.25Saunders Medical Center
Median$130.72half of hospitals charge less
Highest$385.00in Nebraska
Lowest saves$86.47vs the median
Hospitals in Nebraska, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders Medical Center lowest Wahoo · Omaha, NE-IA SP TECH/CLIN PRO DESTR PREMAL LES 1ST LES | $44.25 | $59.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Fremont Health Fremont · Fremont, NE Destruction Benign or Malignant First Lesion | $52.54 | $142.00 | Feb 16, 2026 source file |
| Banner Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala · Ogallala, NE DST LSN PREMAL 1 | $58.52 | $110.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
| Lexington Regional Health Center Lexington · Lexington, NE 17000 DESTRUCT LESION 1ST TechFee | $66.24 | $69.00 | Dec 28, 2025 source file |
| Howard County Medical Center St. Paul · Grand Island, NE SC DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $78.00 | $78.00 | Oct 14, 2026 source file |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad · Lexington, NE Actinic Keratoses (1) | $104.00 | $115.00 | — source file |
| Pawnee County Memorial Hospital Pawnee City · Pawnee City, NE Dest B L 1 | $114.00 | $142.00 | — source file |
| Chadron Community Hospital Chadron · Chadron, NE 17000 Destruction (Eg, Laser Surgery, Electrosurgery, Cryosurgery, Chemosurgery, Surgical Curettemen | $119.00 | $170.00 | — source file |
| Rock County Hospital Bassett · Bassett, NE 17000 Destruction Premalignant Lesion; 1st Lesion | $119.00 | $125.00 | — source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA Destruction Benign or Malignant First Lesion | $120.24 | $334.00 | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| Chase County Hospital Imperial · Imperial, NE Electronic Analysis Of Implanted Neurostimulator Pulse Gener | $121.00 | $121.00 | — source file |
| Nebraska Heart Hospital Lincoln · Lincoln, NE HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $121.90 | $265.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Garden County Health Services Oshkosh · Oshkosh, NE Dest Lesion Premalig First | $125.00 | $184.00 | — source file |
| Community Hospital - McCook McCook · McCook, NE DESTRUCTION ANY METHOD BE | $126.90 | $141.00 | Dec 27, 2025 source file |
| Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln · Lincoln, NE HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $127.20 | $265.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue · Omaha, NE-IA Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $130.00 | $200.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $130.00 | $200.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $130.72 | $304.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $130.72 | $304.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $130.72 | $304.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion · Omaha, NE-IA HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $130.72 | $304.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Kearney County Hospital Minden · Kearney, NE 16020 Dressings And/or Debridement Of Partial-thickness Burns, Initial Or Subsequent; Small | $139.00 | $174.00 | — source file |
| Alegent Health Memorial Hospital, Schuyler Schuyler · Columbus, NE HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $152.52 | $186.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Phelps Memorial Health Center Holdrege · Holdrege, NE Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $153.00 | $170.00 | Feb 16, 2026 source file |
| Callaway District Hospital Callaway · Callaway, NE 17000 Destruction Premalignant Lesions; First Lesion | $155.00 | $172.00 | — source file |
| Valley County Hospital Ord · Ord, NE CRYOTHERAPY 1 LESION | $155.70 | $173.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Plainview Hospital Plainview · Norfolk, NE HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $159.96 | $186.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon · Gordon, NE Cl Destruction Lesions By An | $162.00 | $162.00 | — source file |
| Harlan County Health System Alma · Alma, NE Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $181.28 | $226.60 | Oct 15, 2026 source file |
| West Holt Memorial Hospital Atkinson · Atkinson, NE Destruct Premalg Lesion | $186.00 | $232.00 | — source file |
| Syracuse Area Health Syracuse · Syracuse, NE 17000 Destroy Lesion 1st Charge | $195.00 | $195.00 | — source file |
| St. Mary's Community Hospital Nebraska City · Nebraska City, NE HC DESTRUCTION/LN ONE LESION | $206.64 | $252.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Providence Medical Center Wayne · Wayne, NE 17000 Destruction, premalignant lesions; first lesion | $221.00 | $260.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Tri Valley Health System Cambridge · Cambridge, NE Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $224.10 | $249.00 | Oct 2, 2026 source file |
| Kimball County Hospital Kimball · Kimball, NE Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $241.50 | $241.50 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Beatrice Community Hospital Beatrice · Beatrice, NE Hc Destr Benign Or Premalig Lesion,1st Les | $385.00 | $385.00 | — source file |
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 8 | $44.25 | $130.36 |
| Lexington, NE | 2 | $66.24 | $85.12 |
| Lincoln, NE | 2 | $121.90 | $124.55 |
| Alma, NE | 1 | $181.28 | $181.28 |
| Atkinson, NE | 1 | $186.00 | $186.00 |
| Bassett, NE | 1 | $119.00 | $119.00 |
| Beatrice, NE | 1 | $385.00 | $385.00 |
| Callaway, NE | 1 | $155.00 | $155.00 |
| Cambridge, NE | 1 | $224.10 | $224.10 |
| Chadron, NE | 1 | $119.00 | $119.00 |
| Columbus, NE | 1 | $152.52 | $152.52 |
| Fremont, NE | 1 | $52.54 | $52.54 |
| Gordon, NE | 1 | $162.00 | $162.00 |
| Grand Island, NE | 1 | $78.00 | $78.00 |
| Holdrege, NE | 1 | $153.00 | $153.00 |
| Imperial, NE | 1 | $121.00 | $121.00 |
| Kimball, NE | 1 | $241.50 | $241.50 |
| Kearney, NE | 1 | $139.00 | $139.00 |
| McCook, NE | 1 | $126.90 | $126.90 |
| Nebraska City, NE | 1 | $206.64 | $206.64 |
| Norfolk, NE | 1 | $159.96 | $159.96 |
| Ogallala, NE | 1 | $58.52 | $58.52 |
| Ord, NE | 1 | $155.70 | $155.70 |
| Oshkosh, NE | 1 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Pawnee City, NE | 1 | $114.00 | $114.00 |
| Syracuse, NE | 1 | $195.00 | $195.00 |
| Wayne, NE | 1 | $221.00 | $221.00 |
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
- Alabama$237.36
- Alaska$203.42
- Arizona$191.38, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$147.55
- California$320.00
- Colorado$168.00
- Connecticut$229.50
- Delaware$362.48, 2 hospitals
- District of Columbia$294.76, 3 hospitals
- Florida$284.25
- Georgia$142.20
- Hawaii$380.10
- Idaho$114.19
- Illinois$164.21
- Indiana$186.60
- Iowa$148.20
- Kansas$116.45
- Kentucky$104.00
- Louisiana$97.30
- Maine$101.40
- Maryland$261.98, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$273.00
- Michigan$191.83
- Minnesota$180.84
- Mississippi$125.70
- Missouri$137.80
- Montana$172.14
- Nevada$218.00
- New Hampshire$72.92
- New Jersey$424.00
- New Mexico$128.40
- New York$290.00
- North Carolina$247.80
- North Dakota$198.50
- Ohio$202.40
- Oklahoma$100.00
- Oregon$164.35
- Pennsylvania$428.04
- Puerto Rico$2,500.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$191.80
- South Carolina$154.00
- South Dakota$242.40
- Tennessee$99.60
- Texas$198.33
- Utah$191.83, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$82.97
- Virginia$120.00
- Washington$185.30
- West Virginia$207.25
- Wisconsin$180.06
- Wyoming$64.98
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.