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Freezing Treatment For Acne

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 17340

This service applies a very cold substance, such as liquid nitrogen or a similar frozen slush, directly to the skin as a treatment for acne. The cold temperature helps reduce inflammation and treat acne lesions on the treated area. It is a quick, in-office treatment usually performed over one or more sessions.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing Treatment For Acne cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$56.23$48.98 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$72.44 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,202Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $43 to $69
$10$100$1Kfacility $148professional $56

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
$54.95
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
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
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
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
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 31st of 51

$57.54

AK $200NY $43.65

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.