Removal of small face or lip skin cancer at CHRISTUS Hospital - Orange

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

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Orange, TX

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CHRISTUS Hospital - Orange’s median price of $217 is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($251), higher than 39% of the 1,740 hospitals reporting CPT 17280. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 17280 at CHRISTUS Hospital - Orange

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Cigna new business case rate · outpatient	$122	$122	—	—	—	$122 – $122
2	Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient	$159	$159	—	—	—	$159 – $159
3	Aetna mm fee schedule · outpatient	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
4	Bcbs Tx mm fee schedule · outpatient	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
5	Humana gold choice mm fee schedule · outpatient	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
6	Molina medicare adv mm fee schedule · outpatient	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
7	UnitedHealthcare mm fee schedule · outpatient	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
8	WellCare mm fee schedule · outpatient	$199	$199	—	—	—	$199 – $199
9	Devoted mm fee schedule · outpatient	$215	$215	—	—	—	$215 – $215
10	Humana choicecare other · outpatient	$217	$217	—	—	—	$217 – $217
11	Bcbs Tx blue advantage hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$243	$243	—	—	—	$243 – $243
12	Bcbs Tx hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$243	$243	—	—	—	$243 – $243
13	Bcbs Tx heb fee schedule · outpatient	$269	$269	—	—	—	$269 – $269
14	Bcbs Tx ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$288	$288	—	—	—	$288 – $288
15	Bcbs Tx traditional fee schedule · outpatient	$299	$299	—	—	—	$299 – $299
16	UnitedHealthcare hix case rate · outpatient	$599	$599	—	—	—	$599 – $599
17	UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient	$1.3k	$1.3k	—	—	—	$1.3k – $1.3k
18	Aetna new business case rate · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.7k	—	—	—	$1.7k – $1.7k
19	Aetna epo case rate · outpatient	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k
20	Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k
21	Aetna pos case rate · outpatient	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k
22	Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k

Last updated: Jan 13, 2026

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