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Removal Of Benign Skin Growths

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 17110

This treatment destroys benign skin growths, such as common warts, using a method like freezing, scraping, an electric current, or a laser, leaving no growth to send to a lab afterward. It covers treatment of a smaller number of growths in one visit; a related service applies when many more growths are treated at once. It does not include treatment of skin tags or raised, blood-vessel-related skin growths, which are handled differently.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Benign Skin Growths cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$81.28 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$200 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,000Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $59 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $102

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
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
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
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.9 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 Mexico· 23rd of 51

$112

AK $309KY $79.43

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.