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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Illinois 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$2.29 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$170 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $28 to $3,162Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $575professional $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
$5.37
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.05
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$8.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
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
$0.87
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.59

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$6.46

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.