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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Kentucky 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$6.46$5.13 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$6.03 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10,715Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $95professional $6

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
$1.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$91.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.48

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kentucky $6.61 · 38th of 51
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.