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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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 7 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$7.08$5.37 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$33.11 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $5 to $5,129Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $977professional $7

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
$4.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$34.67
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$8.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$95.50

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$7.24

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.