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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Iowa 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$141$107 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$191 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,512Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $78 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $141

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
$151.36
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
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
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$155

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.