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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Oregon 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 8 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$240$170 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$257 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $174 to $4,677Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $117 to $550
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $363professional $240

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
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$245

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.