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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 July 2026.

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

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 8 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$117$89.13 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$245 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $126 to $6,761Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $69 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $117

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
$125.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$123

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.