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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Michigan 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 Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$77.62 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$107 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $91 to $955Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $63 to $145
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $145professional $110

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
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
15 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
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th 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.