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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Connecticut 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$74.13 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,023 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,761Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $62 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $110

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
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
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 26th of 51

$110

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.