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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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$6.76

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.19 to $16.98.

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 $2,138 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7,762Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $18
$10$100$1Kfacility $2,138professional $5

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
$2.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.47

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 36th of 51

$6.76

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.