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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Kansas 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 6 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$166$135 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$191 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $120 to $7,586Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $105 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $166

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
$190.55
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$191

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.