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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

North Dakota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$126 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$110 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $68 to $302Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $107 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $126professional $178

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
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
4 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
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$170

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.