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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Arizona 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$63.10 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,692Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $58 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
6 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
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$91.20

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.