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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Idaho 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$107 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$141 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $95 to $631Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $95 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $309professional $126

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
11 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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 10th of 51

$135

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.