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Electrolysis Hair Removal

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

How much does Electrolysis Hair Removal cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$138$89.13 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$214 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,631Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $71 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $138

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
5 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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Arkansas 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$151

AR $331KY $60.26

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.