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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 October 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$135 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$148 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $126 to $617Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $117 to $245
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $174professional $186

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
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
12 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
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$182

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.