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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Louisiana 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 5 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$138 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$398 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $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
$223.87
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$214

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.