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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Iowa 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 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 8 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$229$166 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$398 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $219 to $6,761Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $112 to $589
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $229

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
$288.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$240

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.