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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$107$85.11 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$166 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,344Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $65 to $186
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $380professional $107

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
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
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
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th 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.