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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Missouri 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 7 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$141 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$813 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $178 to $5,129Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $107 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$138.04
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 12th of 51

$229

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.