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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Rhode Island 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$129 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$135 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,981Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $112 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $174

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
3 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
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$178

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.