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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Rhode Island 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$145 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$141 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $129 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $195

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
3 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
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$200

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.