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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

North Carolina 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$186$132 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$186 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $117 to $5,495Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $117 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $295professional $186

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
$165.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$186

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.