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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Maine 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?

$186

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $263.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $107 to $347
$100$200$500professional $186

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 36th of 51

$186

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.