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Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 17273

A cancerous skin growth on the scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genital area is destroyed in place using a method such as freezing, burning, laser, or a chemical agent, rather than being cut out and stitched closed. This version applies to a larger growth within that group of body areas, compared to the smallest growths handled the same way.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Larger Cancerous Skin Growth cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$115 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$324 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,248Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $83 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $158

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
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
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
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 48th of 51

$170

AK $550MD $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.