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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Nebraska 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$275$178 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,549 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $251 to $13,490Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $148 to $832
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $275

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$302

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.