Removal of large facial skin cancer over 4 cm at St Luke's Methodist Hospital

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

PR DESTRUCTION MAL LESION F/E/E/N/L/M >4.0 CM

Cedar Rapids, IA

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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $579 is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($744), higher than 25% of the 1,571 hospitals reporting CPT 17286. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 17286 at St Luke's Methodist Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 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	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$247	$247	—	—	—	$247 – $247
2	Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$252	$252	—	—	—	$252 – $252
3	Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$252	$252	—	—	—	$252 – $252
4	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$259	$259	—	—	—	$259 – $259
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$259	$259	—	—	—	$259 – $259
6	Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both	$486	$486	—	—	—	$486 – $486
7	Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both	$486	$486	—	—	—	$486 – $486
8	Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both	$571	$571	—	—	—	$571 – $571
9	Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$579	$579	—	—	—	$579 – $579
10	Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$579	$579	—	—	—	$579 – $579
11	Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$579	$579	—	—	—	$579 – $579
12	Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$596	$596	—	—	—	$596 – $596
13	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$596	$596	—	—	—	$596 – $596
14	Aetna hmo fee schedule · both	$626	$626	—	—	—	$626 – $626
15	Cigna commercial fee schedule · both	$653	$653	—	—	—	$653 – $653
16	Aetna ppo fee schedule · both	$761	$761	—	—	—	$761 – $761
17	UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both	$860	$860	—	—	—	$860 – $860
18	UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both	$860	$860	—	—	—	$860 – $860
19	Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
20	Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
21	UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k
22	UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$1.5k	$1.5k	—	—	—	$1.5k – $1.5k

Last updated: Jan 28, 2026

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