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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Kansas 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$178$155 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$204 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $123 to $7,586Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $178

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
$204.17
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 32nd of 51

$195

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.