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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Kansas 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$85.11 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$70.79 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,698Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $72 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $93professional $100

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
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
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$100

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.