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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

South 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$166$126 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$112 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $68 to $490Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $95 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $166

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
$47.86
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
6 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
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$166

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.