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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$186$138 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$282 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $138 to $4,571Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $107 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $186

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
$138.04
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 38th 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.