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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 July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$77.62 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$398 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,467Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $68 to $126
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $93

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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· 19th of 51

$112

AK $240DC $81.28

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.