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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Indiana 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 6 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$162$120 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,455 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,318Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $102 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $162

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
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 42nd of 51

$182

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.