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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Arkansas 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$6.03$3.02 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$89.13 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $58 to $1,122Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$10$100$1Kfacility $151professional $6

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
$2.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.33
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.48
6 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
$1.32
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$7.41

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.