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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Maryland 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?

$81.28

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $105.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $50 to $617Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $66 to $138
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $79

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
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
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$81.28

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.