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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Nebraska 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$251$182 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,549 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $251 to $13,490Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $115 to $891
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $251

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$295

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.