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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Illinois 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$182$148 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$347 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $178 to $5,129Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $182

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
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$200

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.