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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Nevada 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 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 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$178$132 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$186 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $110 to $4,365Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $178

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
$109.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$178

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.