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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Maryland 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?

$214

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $129 to $155Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $162 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $151professional $214

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$214

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.