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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Minnesota 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 6 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$437$309 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$575 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,950Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $224 to $851
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $437

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
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$447

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.