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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Mississippi 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$145 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$174 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,000Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $115 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $182

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
$158.49
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
6 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
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$209

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.