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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Connecticut 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$6.17$2.69 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$912 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $288 to $6,761Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.88
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
$1.55
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.72

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 35th of 51

$6.17

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.