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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

South 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, 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 $204 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$182$117 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$200 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,291Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $98 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $204professional $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
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 39th 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.