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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

South Carolina 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 7 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$182$132 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$209 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $135 to $9,772Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $117 to $347
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $513professional $182

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
$131.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$186

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.