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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Iowa 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.94$4.68 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$12.88 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $5 to $2,630Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$10$100$1Kfacility $158professional $8

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
$4.17
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$17.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$67.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$12.59
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
$1.58
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$1.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$9.55

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.