CPT 17286

Removal of large facial skin cancer over 4 cm

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Destruction of skin lesions

Payer pricing summary

Low

$245

Average

$1.0k

Median

$700

High

$6.6k

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All methodologies Case rate 43 Fee schedule 60 Per diem 11 Percent of billed charges 45 Other 30

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	538	$615	$1.0k	$1.6k	148%	—	$1 – $18.0k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	495	$778	$1.8k	$2.7k	145%	—	$1 – $26.6k
3	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	373	$615	$684	$782	114%	—	$1 – $12.8k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	367	$998	$1.7k	$1.9k	111%	—	$0 – $18.0k
5	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +26 other terms	236	$1.7k	$4.3k	$7.1k	165%	—	$0 – $40.7k
6	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	226	$465	$401	$396	99%	—	$1 – $2.4k
7	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	173	$669	$758	$508	67%	—	$161 – $4.3k
8	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	124	$677	$902	$1.0k	114%	—	$184 – $6.3k
9	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +16 other terms	120	$2.7k	$3.9k	$1.8k	48%	—	$957 – $7.5k
10	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	100	$829	$1.1k	$930	82%	—	$25 – $4.6k
11	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	79	$1.3k	$1.0k	$602	58%	—	$86 – $2.4k
12	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	69	$194	$221	$81	37%	—	$169 – $574
13	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	69	$662	$652	$151	23%	—	$263 – $826
14	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	57	$520	$568	$706	124%	—	$1 – $4.3k
15	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	53	$564	$755	$519	69%	—	$263 – $2.7k
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	$945	$8	1%	—	$920 – $948
18	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	35	$772	$1.4k	$2.3k	167%	—	$153 – $7.6k
19	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	33	$340	$324	$156	48%	—	$147 – $783
20	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	31	$687	$1.1k	$1.1k	102%	—	$608 – $4.4k
21	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	28	$161	$369	$223	61%	—	$161 – $643
22	Medica case rate · outpatient · +14 other terms	28	$951	$1.1k	$658	62%	—	$320 – $2.9k
23	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	28	$937	$979	$113	12%	—	$294 – $1.0k
24	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	28	$671	$1.2k	$1.7k	141%	—	$142 – $5.1k
25	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	26	$263	$804	$1.2k	151%	—	$243 – $4.2k

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