CPT 17271

Destruction Skin Lesion

Current code38 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Commercial insurance: Rate negotiated with a private insurer or employer plan, including exchange and public-option plans.

Prices for CPT 17271 by hospital
HospitalCommercial insurance rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
Cascade Medical CenterLeavenworth$222 – $3012 plans$384$480
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$635$907
Island HospitalAnacortes$161 – $43115 plans$243$243
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01—Doctor’s fee: $198 – $304Doctor’s fee: $304 – $468
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01—$551$1,148
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$551$1,148
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$551$1,148
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$280$400
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle$409 – $5114 plans$326$639

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County)
$188 in an office; $98.50 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$167 in an office; $90.44 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national)
$205 (APC 5051)
Surgery center payment (national)
$107

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 17271:

  • 17271P (with a letter after it, P; 4 price lines)