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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Illinois 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$81.28 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$257 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,754Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $65 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $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
$91.20
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
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
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$105

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.