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Electrolysis Hair Removal

Texas 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$87.10$69.18 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$275 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $132 to $3,388Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $23 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $525professional $87

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
$724.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
10 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
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.59

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 5th of 51

$195

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.