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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$178$135 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$178 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $132 to $7,079Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $112 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $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
$194.98
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd 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.