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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Missouri 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$191$155 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$813 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,129Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $117 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $191

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
$141.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 12th of 51

$245

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.