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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

North Dakota 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 5 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$234$158 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$120 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,995Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $115 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $178professional $234

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
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 10th of 51

$229

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.