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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

North Dakota 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 5 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$234$129 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$123 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,995Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $117 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $186professional $234

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
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 15th of 51

$214

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.