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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$70.79 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$135 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,981Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $59 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $98

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
3 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
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 37th 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.