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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Idaho 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$191$170 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$182 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $129 to $5,495Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $129 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $316professional $191

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
$371.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 27th of 51

$191

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.