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Removal Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth By Destruction

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 17274

This procedure destroys a cancerous skin growth on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia using a method such as scraping, freezing, burning, or laser, rather than cutting it out and closing the wound with stitches. It applies to a growth on the larger end of the size range for this technique, though not the very largest category. The treated area is left to heal on its own afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 6 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$240$174 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$240 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,495Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $162 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $380professional $240

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
$239.88
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$240

CA $891KY $200

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.