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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Minnesota 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$316$209 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$363 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,479Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $151 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $316

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
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$324

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.