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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Kansas 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$182 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$74.13 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,738Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $145 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $162professional $214

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
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
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 26th of 51

$209

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.