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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Missouri 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$95.50$69.18 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$155 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $87 to $3,890Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $95

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
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
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
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 35th of 51

$105

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.