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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Montana 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$89.13$81.28 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$120 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $115 to $195Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $62 to $170
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $145professional $89

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 36th of 51

$95.50

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.