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Removal Of A Larger Facial Skin Cancer

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 17286

This treatment destroys a cancerous skin growth located on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or inside the mouth, using methods such as scraping, freezing, burning, or chemical treatment rather than cutting it out with a scalpel. This version applies to a larger growth, at the upper end of the size range typically treated this way in these sensitive areas. It is usually done in an outpatient office setting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Larger Facial Skin Cancer cost?

$331

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $427.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $457
$100$200$500professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Hawaii· 35th of 51

$331

AK $933KY $295

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.