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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Oklahoma 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 5 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$229$178 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$562 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,890Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $162 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $229

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
$239.88
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 6th of 51

$372

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.