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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Mississippi 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$97.72$75.86 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$162 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,000Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $62 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $98

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
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
7 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
$30.20
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 14th of 51

$120

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.