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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 October 2026.

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

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$74.13$54.95 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$513 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,310Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $44 to $145
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $74

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
6 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
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

New Jersey· 50th of 51

$79.43

AK $288KY $75.86

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.