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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Ohio 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 9 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$138 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$417 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $166 to $10,233Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $107 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$165.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$195

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.