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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Colorado 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$166$126 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,995 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $200 to $7,413Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $110 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $166

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
$199.53
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$209

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.