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Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg

Michigan 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$145 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$170 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $120 to $708Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $78 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $186professional $204

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
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
12 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
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 28th of 51

$200

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.