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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Montana 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$182$158 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$209 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $209 to $380Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $417
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $263professional $182

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 28th of 51

$191

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.