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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Massachusetts 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$288$195 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$200 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $186 to $3,631Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $155 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $288

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
$186.21
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,168.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$288

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.