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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Florida 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$112 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$91.20 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $66 to $3,802Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $89 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $182professional $145

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
$354.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
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
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.3 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$148

AK $490KY $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.