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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Minnesota 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$316$214 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$355 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,479Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $151 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $316

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
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$324

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.