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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

Oklahoma 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$170$117 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$550 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,890Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $112 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $170

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
$177.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 6th of 51

$263

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.