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Unlisted Skin Or Subcutaneous Tissue Procedure

Montana rates for HCPCS 17999

Covers an operation on the skin, a mucous membrane, or the fatty layer just beneath the skin for which there is no standard named service. The surgeon submits a written report describing exactly what was done, and the insurer prices it by comparing it with similar named procedures. It is used only when nothing else fits the work performed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Skin Or Subcutaneous Tissue Procedure cost?

$240

Typical physician fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $933.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46,774 · 10th to 90th $550 to $89,125Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $6 to $1,862
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $46,774professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Indiana than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Montana· 50th of 50

$240

IN $4,786MT $240

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.