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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

North Carolina 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$234$178 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$234 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $166 to $5,495Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $162 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $372professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$234

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.