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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 17263

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, rather than being cut out and stitched closed. This version covers a mid-range size, bigger than the smallest growths treated this way and smaller than the largest. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 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$204$145 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$186 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,445Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $117 to $891
$100$1K$10Kfacility $398professional $204

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
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
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
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 16th of 51

$224

AK $427KY $162

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.