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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 July 2026.

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

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$100$81.28 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$112 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,445Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $69 to $174
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $398professional $100

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
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.0 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 Mexico· 23rd of 51

$105

AK $240DC $81.28

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.