go back

Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 17272

A provider destroys a cancerous (malignant) skin growth using a method like freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, rather than cutting it out and stitching the area closed. This approach treats a moderate-sized growth. It's a quicker option than surgical excision for lesions that are suitable for this kind of treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 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 7 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$166$115 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,236 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $331 to $10,471Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $166

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
$331.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
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
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.4 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· 31st of 51

$186

AK $380DC $158

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.