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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 17272

A provider destroys a cancerous (malignant) skin growth using a method like freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, rather than cutting it out and stitching the area closed. This approach treats a moderate-sized growth. It's a quicker option than surgical excision for lesions that are suitable for this kind of treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 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$186$145 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$182 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,445Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $117 to $832
$100$1K$10Kfacility $398professional $186

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
$288.40
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
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
$316.23

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 2.4 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· 20th of 51

$200

AK $380DC $158

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.