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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

South Carolina 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 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 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$174$129 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$200 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $132 to $9,772Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $851professional $174

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
$128.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$186

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.