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Freezing Treatment For Acne

Michigan 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$52.48 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$27.54 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $27 to $479Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $41 to $78
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $47professional $60

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
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
12 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
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 24th of 51

$60.26

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.