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Electrolysis Hair Removal

Pennsylvania 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 8 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$70.79$67.61 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$1,202 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $263 to $8,318Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $59 to $100
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,786professional $71

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$102.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$3,162.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$85.11

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.