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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Maine 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?

$97.72

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $77.62 to $135.

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

Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $59 to $186
$100$200professional $98

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 33rd of 51

$97.72

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.