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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Ohio 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$224$178 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$708 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $245 to $10,233Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $224

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
$229.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 22nd of 51

$263

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.