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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 5 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$83.18$70.79 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$64.57 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $65 to $1,230Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $132
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $91professional $83

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
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$524.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 48th of 51

$83.18

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.