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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Illinois 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$166 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$224 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,344Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $129 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $204

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
$190.55
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
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
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$214

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.