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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Maryland 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?

$7.08

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.37 to $10.00.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $37 to $93Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $91professional $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
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.72

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 27th of 51

$7.08

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.