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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Virginia 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$186$145 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$178 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $141 to $5,888Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $115 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $339professional $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
$165.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th of 51

$200

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.