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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Indiana 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$87.10$69.18 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$617 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,495Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $59 to $129
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $87

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
$58.88
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
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
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$91.20

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.