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Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 17281

This procedure destroys a cancerous skin growth on the face or another sensitive facial area, such as the ears, eyelids, nose, or lips, using a method such as freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, for a smaller-sized growth. It is a quick office procedure that does not involve cutting out the lesion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Malignant Skin Lesion Destruction, Face, Small cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$182$138 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$204 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,698Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $115 to $646
$100$1K$10Kfacility $589professional $182

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
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
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
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00

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· 17th of 51

$204

AK $389KY $148

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.