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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Nebraska 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 7 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$263$170 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,549 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $251 to $13,490Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $138 to $646
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $263

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$316

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.