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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Louisiana 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$85.11$75.86 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$79.43 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,202Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $65 to $115
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $282professional $85

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
7 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
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$95.50

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.