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Electrolysis Hair Removal

Iowa rates for HCPCS 17380

Permanent hair removal in which a very fine probe is slipped into each hair follicle and a small electrical current destroys the root so that hair does not grow back from it. Hairs are treated one at a time, so several appointments are usually needed to clear an area. Treatment time is counted in half-hour blocks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Electrolysis Hair Removal cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 7 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$112$70.79 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$537 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $117 to $7,943Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $55 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $112

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
$117.49
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Missouri than in Hawaii. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$117

MO $589HI $29.51

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.