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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Minnesota 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$195$129 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$115 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $71 to $661Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $105 to $363
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $141professional $195

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
$15.85
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.48

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$191

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.