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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 July 2026.

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

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 6 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$85.11$75.86 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$141 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,898Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $59 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $85

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
$102.33
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$363.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$91.20

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.