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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

North Dakota 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 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$138$89.13 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$70.79 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,995Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $69 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $98professional $138

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
$97.72
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 5th of 51

$138

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.