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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Colorado 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$87.10 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$871 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,370Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $72 to $191
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $107

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
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
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$126

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.