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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

Tennessee 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$209$182 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$631 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,074Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $145 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $209

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
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$251

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.