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Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg

Illinois 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 6 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$151 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$372 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $186 to $5,129Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $117 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $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
$186.21
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 36th of 51

$200

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.