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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Kentucky 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$74.13$56.23 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$107 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $65 to $2,818Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $43 to $135
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $74

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
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$79.43

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.