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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 17260

A cancerous growth on the trunk, an arm or a leg is destroyed where it sits, using freezing, an electric current, a laser, a chemical agent or scraping, instead of being cut out and stitched closed. This applies to the smallest growths treated this way; bigger ones are handled by more involved versions of the same treatment. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$85.11$61.66 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,311 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $174 to $10,471Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $58 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,898professional $85

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
$125.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$3,548.13
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$91.20

AK $240DC $81.28

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.