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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

South Carolina 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$89.13$72.44 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$115 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $78 to $9,772Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $62 to $148
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $490professional $89

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
$75.86
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$97.72

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.