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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Benign Skin Growths cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 5 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$145$112 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$91.20 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $49 to $603Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $76 to $229
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $191professional $145

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
$48.98
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$537.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 10th of 51

$148

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.