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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Utah 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 July 2026.

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

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$135 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$575 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $155 to $4,571Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $112 to $407
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $3,020professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$346.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Utah· 36th of 51

$204

AK $513KY $170

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.