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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

South Dakota 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 7 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$331$214 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$245 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,291Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $162 to $676
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $331

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
$173.78
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 11th of 51

$331

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.