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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17272

A provider destroys a cancerous (malignant) skin growth using a method like freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, rather than cutting it out and stitching the area closed. This approach treats a moderate-sized growth. It's a quicker option than surgical excision for lesions that are suitable for this kind of treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 6 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$380$229 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$170 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $107 to $9,772Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $141 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $398professional $380

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$380

AK $380DC $158

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.