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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $257 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$126 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$138 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,467Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $100 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $257professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,981.07
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$166

AK $550MD $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.