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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 17281

This procedure destroys a cancerous skin growth on the face or another sensitive facial area, such as the ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, using a method such as freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, for a smaller-sized growth. It is a quick office procedure that does not involve cutting out the lesion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$166$115 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,311 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $316 to $10,471Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$229.09
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,023.29
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
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
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84

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· 35th of 51

$182

AK $389KY $148

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.