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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

Vermont 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?

$214

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $251.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $138 to $263
$200$500professional $214

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 32nd of 51

$214

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.