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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Michigan 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$166$132 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$490 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $158 to $4,898Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $105 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $166

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
$218.78
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$174

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.