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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Georgia 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$158 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$182 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,631Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $120 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $191

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
$165.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
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
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$204

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.