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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Arizona rates for HCPCS 17263

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, rather than being cut out and stitched closed. This version covers a mid-range size, bigger than the smallest growths treated this way and smaller than the largest. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 6 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$178$148 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,259 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $214 to $5,623Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $178

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.6 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$186

AK $427KY $162

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.