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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Florida 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74.13$61.66 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$85.11 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $66 to $3,802Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $51 to $115
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $182professional $74

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
$354.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
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
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 48th of 51

$81.28

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.