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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Nebraska 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 7 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$93.33 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,479 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $126 to $13,490Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $76 to $309
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$158

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.