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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Tennessee 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 6 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$170$132 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$603 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,890Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $102 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $170

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
$346.74
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$195

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.