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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Alabama rates for HCPCS 17273

A cancerous skin growth on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genital area is destroyed in place using a method such as freezing, burning, laser, or a chemical agent, rather than being cut out and stitched closed. This version applies to a larger growth within that group of body areas, compared to the smallest growths handled the same way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, 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 $525 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 4 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 $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$282 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,585Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $120 to $240
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $525professional $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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $195 · 41st of 51
AK $513KY $170

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.