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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Washington, DC 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?

$5.37

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.19 to $7.76.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $7 to $4,074Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$16.98
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
$1.00
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.71

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 44th of 51

$5.37

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.