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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Connecticut 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$95.50$74.13 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,023 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,761Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $58 to $145
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $95

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
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
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 30th of 51

$97.72

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.