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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Michigan 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$75.86 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$148 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $107 to $617Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $45 to $120
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $162professional $93

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
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
12 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
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 29th of 51

$97.72

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.