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Unlisted Skin Treatment or Procedure

Texas 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$64.57$63.10 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$245 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $170 to $851Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $25 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $65

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
$56.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 19th of 49

$372

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.