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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 October 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $355 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$182 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$263 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $200 to $741Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $141 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 5th of 51

$288

AK $490MD $148

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.