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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17283

This is a procedure to destroy a cancerous skin growth located on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or a mucous membrane, using a method such as scraping, burning, or freezing rather than cutting it out with a scalpel. It applies to a growth measuring roughly two to three centimeters across, a medium size for this type of lesion. Because the treated area is not removed as an intact piece of tissue, this method does not provide a specimen for confirming that all the abnormal cells were destroyed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$550$355 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$240 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $550

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$562

AK $562KY $200

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.