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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$245$182 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$295 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $288 to $457Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $158 to $468
$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $245

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th 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.