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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Kansas 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 5 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$178$151 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$204 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $120 to $7,586Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $178

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
$204.17
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 30th of 51

$186

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.