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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

Virginia 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$74.13 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$120 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $69 to $3,802Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $66 to $151
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $398professional $102

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
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
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
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$107

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.