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Unlisted Skin Treatment or Procedure

California rates for HCPCS 96999

Covers a specialized treatment applied to the skin that has no standard named entry of its own. It is used for uncommon or newly developed skin treatments given in a clinic or office setting. The provider submits a written description of exactly what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Skin Treatment or Procedure cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$63.10 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$56.23 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $50 to $288Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $25 to $912
$5$20$100$500facility $63professional $251

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$602.56
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Oklahoma than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 45th of 49

$66.07

OK $776ND $64.57

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.