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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$93.33$75.86 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$129 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $71 to $4,365Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $68 to $132
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $93

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
$79.43
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
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
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th 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.