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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$70.79 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$135 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,981Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $63 to $148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $95

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
3 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
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 34th 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.