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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 July 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$178$120 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$257 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,000Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $85 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $178

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
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$182

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.