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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Benign Skin Growths cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $490 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$105 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$200 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $120 to $6,026Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $66 to $417
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $490professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $148 · 9th of 51
AK $224AL $100

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.