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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

South 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$89.13$64.57 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$132 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,738Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $45 to $155
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $200professional $89

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
$72.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
7 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
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$100

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.