go back

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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 8 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$7.94$6.17 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$13.49 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $5 to $6,457Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $603professional $8

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
$7.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$19.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$37.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$12.59

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$8.13

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.