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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Arizona 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$174$132 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,259 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,623Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $110 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $174

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$182

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.