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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Colorado 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$224$174 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,995 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $251 to $7,413Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $151 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $224

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
$251.19
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$269

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.