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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 July 2026.

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

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$186$148 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,230 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,079Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $117 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $186

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
$177.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 23rd of 51

$204

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.