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Removal Of A Small Cancerous Facial Growth

Montana rates for HCPCS 17280

A clinician destroys a cancerous skin growth on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip, or mucous membrane using a method such as scraping, freezing, burning, or laser rather than cutting it out with a scalpel. This particular service is for a growth that is small in size. Destruction in place is chosen when it is expected to clear the growth effectively while limiting the scar.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Small Cancerous Facial Growth cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $162 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$120 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$129 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $126 to $257Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $83 to $224
$100$200$500facility $162professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 23rd of 51

$145

AK $355KY $100

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.