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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Louisiana 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$178$151 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$151 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,202Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $129 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $178

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
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
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$191

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.