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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Massachusetts 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$214$145 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$141 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,631Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $115 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $214

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
$134.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$457.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$214

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.