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Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 17260

A cancerous growth on the trunk, an arm or a leg is destroyed where it sits, using freezing, an electric current, a laser, a chemical agent or scraping, instead of being cut out and stitched closed. This applies to the smallest growths treated this way; bigger ones are handled by more involved versions of the same treatment. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Small Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$105$81.28 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$219 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,047Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $68 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $105

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
$69.18
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
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
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
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
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.8 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 Mexico· 19th of 51

$115

AK $288KY $75.86

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.