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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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 $120 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$110$75.86 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$70.79 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $65 to $1,096Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $62 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $120professional $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
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
8 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
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th 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.