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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

South Dakota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$166 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$174 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,291Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $105 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $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
$125.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 14th of 51

$240

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.