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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Iowa 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 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 8 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$302$229 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$589 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,761Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $302

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
$371.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$372

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.