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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Oklahoma 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$178$126 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$550 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $186 to $3,890Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $115 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $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
$186.21
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 5th of 51

$269

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.