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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 October 2026.

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

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $110 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$166 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$70.79 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,698Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $129 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $110professional $195

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
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
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$186

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.