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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 October 2026.

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

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$117 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,692Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $107 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $166

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
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
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 37th of 51

$178

AK $490MD $148

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.