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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$182$145 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$339 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,129Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $182

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
$173.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th 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.