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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Michigan 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 7 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$170$132 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$245 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,898Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $107 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $170

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
$177.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$178

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.