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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

North Carolina 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$182$132 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$170 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $120 to $5,248Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $117 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $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
$162.18
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$182

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.