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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Colorado rates for HCPCS 17281

This procedure destroys a cancerous skin growth on the face or another sensitive facial area, such as the ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, using a method such as freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, for a smaller-sized growth. It is a quick office procedure that does not involve cutting out the lesion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$162$120 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,995 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,413Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $105 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $162

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
$186.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.6 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$200

AK $389KY $148

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.