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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Maine 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?

$4.79

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.51 to $7.94.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20professional $5

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.49
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 51st of 51

$4.79

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.