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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Colorado rates for HCPCS 17110

This treatment destroys benign skin growths, such as common warts, using a method like freezing, scraping, an electric current, or a laser, leaving no growth to send to a lab afterward. It covers treatment of a smaller number of growths in one visit; a related service applies when many more growths are treated at once. It does not include treatment of skin tags or raised, blood-vessel-related skin growths, which are handled differently.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Benign Skin Growths cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$87.10 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$724 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,370Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $72 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $117

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
$112.20
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
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
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$135

AK $309KY $79.43

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.