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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Nevada 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 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 $1,698 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$89.13$72.44 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$200 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $95 to $4,365Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $63 to $138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $89

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
$66.07
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
6 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
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$95.50

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.