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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Colorado 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.46$2.82 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$251 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $7 to $3,467Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $759professional $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
$3.16
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$11.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.47
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
$1.02
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.71

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$6.92

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.