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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Massachusetts 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$117$79.43 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$85.11 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $72 to $3,388Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $62 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $117

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
$72.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$120

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.