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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Kansas 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.03$4.57 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$54.95 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $6 to $3,162Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $339professional $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
$7.94
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.48
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
$1.41
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.42
Typical High
$1.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.89

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 10th of 51

$7.76

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.