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Freezing Treatment For Acne

Texas 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$54.95$45.71 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$66.07 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $44 to $3,715Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $12 to $120
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $182professional $55

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
$46.77
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
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
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 32nd of 51

$56.23

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.