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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Arizona 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?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$5.62$2.75 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$234 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,455Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $68
$10$100$1Kfacility $603professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.76
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
$0.87
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 31st of 51

$6.31

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.