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Removal Of A Larger Facial Skin Cancer

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $776 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$407 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$427 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,090Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $302 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$550

AK $1,096TX $275

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.