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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Florida 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$200$158 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,445 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $550 to $10,715Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $145 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $200

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
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 44th of 51

$219

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.