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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Benign Skin Growths cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $166 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$100 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,495Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $60 to $257
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $166professional $105

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 44th of 51

$107

AK $224AL $100

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.