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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Vermont 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 physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $234.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $123 to $234
$200$500professional $200

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 28th 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.