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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Louisiana 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$93.33$75.86 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$95.50 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,202Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $63 to $138
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $93

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
$112.20
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
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
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$102

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.