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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17003

Destruction of a further precancerous skin patch, most often a rough, scaly, sun-damaged spot, by freezing, burning, scraping or a similar method during the same visit. It is billed in addition to the first such spot treated at that visit. Only precancerous spots are covered; destroying harmless growths is a different service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.72$7.76 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$19.50 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $11 to $6,607Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $31
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $89professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$42.66
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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

$12.88

AK $12.88NE $4.37

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.