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Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 17283

This is a procedure to destroy a cancerous skin growth located on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or a mucous membrane, using a method such as scraping, burning, or freezing rather than cutting it out with a scalpel. It applies to a growth measuring roughly two to three centimeters across, a medium size for this type of lesion. Because the treated area is not removed as an intact piece of tissue, this method does not provide a specimen for confirming that all the abnormal cells were destroyed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Skin Cancer, Face Or Ear, Medium Size cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$240$200 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$263 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,778Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $162 to $933
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $794professional $240

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
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$933.25
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
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 2.8 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· 20th of 51

$275

AK $562KY $200

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.