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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 October 2026.

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

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$117 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$70.79 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $71 to $269Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $95 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $98professional $158

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
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
2 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
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$151

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.