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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Vermont 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 physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $209.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $123 to $234
$200$500professional $195

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 22nd 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.