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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Washington, DC 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?

$209

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $170 to $251.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,762Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $155 to $251
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $209

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
$169.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 49th of 51

$209

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.