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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Colorado 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$166$123 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,995 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $195 to $7,413Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $110 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $166

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
$194.98
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$204

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.