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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Washington 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$95.50 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$135 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,318Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $81 to $257
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $309professional $138

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
$131.83
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
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
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 8th of 51

$138

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.