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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Minnesota 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$120 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$100 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $71 to $832Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $98 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $174

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
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$178

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.