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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Benign Skin Growths cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$107$72.44 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$126 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $98 to $9,772Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $63 to $251
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $339professional $107

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
$123.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$112

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.