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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Michigan 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$155$126 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$174 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4,898Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $100 to $257
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $851professional $155

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
$0.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$602.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 43rd of 51

$166

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.