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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Massachusetts 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$224$151 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$145 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,631Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $115 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $224

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
$141.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$224

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.