Removal of cancerous face or lip lesion, 2.1 to 3.0 cm

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Provider: anthropic
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Max output tokens: 4096
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC DEST SKIN MLG LESN 2.1-3.0 CM

Payers reporting CPT 17283

Payer pricing summary

Low

$154

Average

$802

Median

$515

High

$6.6k

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	540	$402	$850	$1.4k	171%	—	$1 – $17.9k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	502	$442	$1.3k	$2.1k	167%	—	$1 – $21.3k
3	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	374	$395	$488	$795	163%	—	$1 – $12.8k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	366	$705	$1.4k	$1.8k	131%	—	$0 – $18.0k
5	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +28 other terms	234	$1.7k	$4.3k	$7.1k	165%	—	$0 – $40.7k
6	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	229	$295	$260	$226	87%	—	$1 – $1.6k
7	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	177	$404	$489	$532	109%	—	$123 – $4.3k
8	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	125	$442	$582	$749	129%	—	$117 – $6.3k
9	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +17 other terms	120	$2.7k	$3.9k	$1.8k	48%	—	$625 – $7.5k
10	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	101	$534	$719	$737	102%	—	$55 – $4.3k
11	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	82	$706	$619	$361	58%	—	$142 – $2.3k
12	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	70	$148	$172	$69	40%	—	$129 – $375
13	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	70	$410	$386	$81	21%	—	$166 – $454
14	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	57	$422	$499	$721	145%	—	$1 – $4.3k
15	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	57	$367	$416	$279	67%	—	$153 – $1.5k
16	Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	42	$5.8k	$6.7k	$5.1k	77%	—	$2.1k – $14.6k
17	Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms	38	$948	$938	$48	5%	—	$600 – $948
18	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	34	$425	$1.2k	$2.3k	191%	—	$117 – $7.2k
19	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	33	$248	$239	$106	44%	—	$112 – $596
20	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	32	$154	$231	$131	56%	—	$123 – $420
21	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	31	$446	$961	$1.3k	134%	—	$367 – $4.4k
22	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	29	$552	$619	$78	13%	—	$186 – $639
23	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	29	$369	$1.0k	$1.7k	166%	—	$138 – $5.1k
24	Medica case rate · outpatient · +15 other terms	28	$881	$1.0k	$680	65%	—	$320 – $2.9k
25	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	27	$166	$757	$1.3k	170%	—	$152 – $4.2k

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