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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Arizona 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$219$174 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,259 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,623Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $151 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $219

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$229

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.