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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Utah 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 Utah, 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 $3,020 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$182$135 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$195 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,571Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $102 to $398
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$134.90
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 40th 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.