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Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg

Arizona 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 July 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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 5 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$191$138 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,318 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,623Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $117 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $191

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$195

AK $457KY $166

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.