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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Alabama 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.57$2.09 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,096Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$10$100$1Kfacility $240professional $5

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.51
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.62

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$5.62

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.