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Unlisted Skin Treatment or Procedure

Washington 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 7 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$186$30.20 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$257 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $234 to $776Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $25 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $186

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
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 24th of 49

$295

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.