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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Alabama 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 October 2026.

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

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$67.61 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,096Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $65 to $120
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $85

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
7 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
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$93.33

AK $288KY $75.86

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.