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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17260

A cancerous growth on the trunk, an arm or a leg is destroyed where it sits, using freezing, an electric current, a laser, a chemical agent or scraping, instead of being cut out and stitched closed. This applies to the smallest growths treated this way; bigger ones are handled by more involved versions of the same treatment. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 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$240$151 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$97.72 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $62 to $9,772Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $72 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $229professional $240

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$240

AK $240DC $81.28

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.