Precancerous spot removal cost in New York
In New York, 55 hospitals publish a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $31.71 to $1,205.81, with a median of $256.00. The lowest price is at Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca (Ithaca). The highest price is 38.0× the lowest.
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 24, 2026.
Lowest$31.71Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
Median$256.00half pay less
Highest$1,205.81in New York
Lowest saves$224.29vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca lowest Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $31.71 | $158.55 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $33.66 | $153.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC DESTRUCTION BENIGN_PREMALIGNANT LESIONS_ FIRST LESION | $34.43 | $52.97 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $36.04 | $180.18 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $36.04 | $180.18 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $36.04 | $180.18 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Destruction Premalignant Lesions 1st Lesion | $53.95 | $83.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Destruction Premalignant Lesions 1st Lesion | $53.95 | $83.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $55.50 | $111.00 | — source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $63.21 | $316.05 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $63.93 | $230.83 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $64.40 | $108.00 | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st (Pro) | $78.00 | — | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC DESTRUCTION BENIGN_PREMALIGNANT LESIONS_ FIRST LESION | $108.58 | $167.04 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $131.93 | $221.25 | — source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTRUCTION OF LESIONS/WARTS | $160.00 | $160.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Dest Premalig Les 1st Laser Cryo | $186.98 | $233.73 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Dest Premalig Les 1st Laser Cryo | $186.98 | $233.73 | — source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $204.98 | $137.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $204.98 | $140.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $204.98 | $137.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Destruction Premalignant Lesions 1st Lesion | $232.70 | $358.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCTION, PREMALIGNANT LESIONS (EG, ACTINIC KERATOSES); FI | $235.13 | $545.52 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCTION, PREMALIGNANT LESIONS (EG, ACTINIC KERATOSES); FI | $235.13 | $545.52 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCTION, PREMALIGNANT LESIONS (EG, ACTINIC KERATOSES); FI | $235.13 | $545.52 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Destruct premalg lesion | $238.15 | — | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $247.00 | $247.00 | — source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $256.00 | $256.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY HB Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st | $294.00 | — | — source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $324.00 | $324.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Premal Les Dest 1st Les | $424.00 | $424.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Premal Les Dest 1st Les | $424.00 | $424.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb Destruction Benign Lesion One | $430.00 | $430.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb Destruction Benign Lesion One | $430.00 | $430.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY HC Pbb Destruction Benign Lesion One | $430.00 | $430.00 | — source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $458.35 | $458.35 | — source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $463.00 | $463.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTRUCTION OF PRECANCER SKIN GROWTH; 1 GROWTH | $463.00 | $463.00 | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Destruct Premalg Lesion | $496.30 | $709.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY PR DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $579.00 | $579.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC DESTRUCTION BENIGN_PREMALIGNANT LESIONS_ FIRST LESION | $584.21 | $898.79 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC DESTRUCTION BENIGN_PREMALIGNANT LESIONS_ FIRST LESION | $584.21 | $898.79 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC DESTRUCTION BENIGN_PREMALIGNANT LESIONS_ FIRST LESION | $627.20 | $784.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st | $630.00 | $700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st | $630.00 | $700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st | $630.00 | $700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st | $630.00 | $700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Destruction Premalignant Lesion 1st | $630.00 | $700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DESTROY BENIGN/PREMLG LESION | $746.24 | $829.16 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $954.00 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Noncdm Charge Record | $1,185.02 | $1,185.02 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $1,205.81 | $6,346.39 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 25 | $63.93 | $463.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 7 | $55.50 | $294.00 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 5 | $430.00 | $430.00 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $36.04 | $131.93 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $53.95 | $53.95 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $36.04 | $36.04 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $34.43 | $34.43 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $186.98 | $186.98 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $256.00 | $256.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $31.71 | $31.71 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 1 | $33.66 | $33.66 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $579.00 | $579.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $63.21 | $63.21 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 1 | $108.58 | $108.58 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $324.00 | $324.00 |
| Syracuse, NY | 1 | $232.70 | $232.70 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $64.40 | $64.40 |
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.
Destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion in other states
- Alabama$296.45
- Alaska$246.42
- Arizona$209.95
- Arkansas$100.10
- California$397.60
- Colorado$292.05
- Connecticut$229.50
- Delaware$362.48
- Florida$355.50
- Georgia$89.70
- Hawaii$1,020.64
- Idaho$556.00
- Illinois$141.83
- Indiana$146.50
- Iowa$160.80
- Kansas$214.50
- Kentucky$486.65
- Louisiana$97.30
- Maine$55.87
- Maryland$192.19
- Massachusetts$253.66
- Michigan$78.00
- Minnesota$200.50
- Mississippi$117.90
- Missouri$117.00
- Montana$139.20
- Nebraska$124.79
- Nevada$218.00
- New Hampshire$95.78
- New Jersey$234.00
- New Mexico$180.74
- North Carolina$241.00
- North Dakota$110.95
- Ohio$200.95
- Oklahoma$67.02
- Oregon$161.20
- Pennsylvania$205.00
- Rhode Island$184.00
- South Carolina$154.00
- South Dakota$788.67
- Tennessee$99.60
- Texas$168.26
- Utah$220.22
- Vermont$164.00
- Virginia$120.00
- Washington$176.95
- West Virginia$229.00
- Wisconsin$221.37
- Wyoming$155.83
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.