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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Oregon 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$105 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$155 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $741Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $79 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $182professional $141

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
12 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
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 6th of 51

$155

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.