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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Massachusetts 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$229$158 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$148 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,388Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $117 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $229

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
$147.91
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$234

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.