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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 July 2026.

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

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$93.33$72.44 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,995 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $102 to $7,413Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $63 to $151
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $93

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$107

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.