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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Iowa 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$269$191 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$309 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,512Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $145 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $269

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
$295.12
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
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
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$275

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.