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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Oregon 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 8 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$162 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$257 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,898Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $112 to $490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $355professional $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
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 8th of 51

$240

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.