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Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 17264

Destroys a cancerous skin growth on the trunk, an arm or a leg using heat, freezing, an electric current, a laser or a chemical, rather than cutting it out and stitching the skin. The treated area scabs over and heals during the following weeks. This version covers a fairly large growth, though not the largest treated this way.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $380 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$141 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$148 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $100 to $692Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$191

AK $525MD $151

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.