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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Washington, DC 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 physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $170.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,311Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $68 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $102

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$245.47
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
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 28th 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.