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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

South Dakota 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 8 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$117$87.10 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$97.72 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,291Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $62 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $141professional $117

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
$70.79
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 15th of 51

$117

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.