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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 October 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.79$2.69 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$501 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $501 to $708Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12
$10$100$1Kfacility $525professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.00
9 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
$0.85
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.45
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.72

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 50th of 51

$4.79

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.