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Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg

Louisiana 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$186$148 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$490 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,467Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $129 to $263
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $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
$239.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$240

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.