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Destroying A Skin Cancer On Trunk, Arm Or Leg

New Jersey 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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$182$126 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,311 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $363 to $10,471Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $182

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
$263.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$204

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.