CPT 17281

Destruction Skin Lesion

Current code40 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

Medicare Advantage: Rate for a private Medicare Advantage plan. Applies only to members of that plan.

Prices for CPT 17281 by hospital
Hospital	Medicare Advantage rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Cascade Medical CenterLeavenworth	$328 – $4927 plans	$470	$588
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$800	$1,142
Island HospitalAnacortes	$239 – $25411 plans	$341	$341
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$115 – $329Doctor’s fee: $214 – $329	$177 – $506Doctor’s fee: $329 – $506
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,035	$2,157
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,035	$2,157
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,035	$2,157
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$289	$413
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$580	$1,138

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): $203 in an office; $110 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $181 in an office; $101 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $205 (APC 5051)
Surgery center payment (national): $110

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 17281:

17281P (with a letter after it, P; 4 price lines)
17281T (with a letter after it, T; 2 price lines)