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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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.76$3.02 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$6.92 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6,457Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$14.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.75

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska than in Maine. 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· 32nd of 51

$6.92

AK $10.72ME $4.79

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.