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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Minnesota 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 6 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$331$224 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$355 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,514Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $166 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $331

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
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$339

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.