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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Georgia 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$102$85.11 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$182 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $102 to $3,631Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $69 to $191
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $603professional $102

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
$85.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
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
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$107

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.