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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 17263

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, rather than being cut out and stitched closed. This version covers a mid-range size, bigger than the smallest growths treated this way and smaller than the largest. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 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$178$117 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,311 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $339 to $10,471Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $105 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $178

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
$245.47
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
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
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.6 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· 34th of 51

$195

AK $427KY $162

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.