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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Oregon 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$339$229 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$347 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $240 to $5,012Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $166 to $617
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $468professional $339

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
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$355

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.