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Destruction Of A Precancerous Skin Spot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17000

This treats a single precancerous skin lesion, most often an actinic keratosis, a rough, scaly patch caused by sun damage that can potentially develop into skin cancer if left untreated. The clinician destroys the spot directly, commonly by freezing it with liquid nitrogen, rather than cutting it out for a lab sample. It covers treatment of the first lesion in a visit; additional spots treated the same day are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Precancerous Skin Spot cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$162$97.72 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$95.50 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $55 to $891Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $62 to $295
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $324professional $162

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
$54.95
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$166

AK $166DE $58.88

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.