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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Minnesota 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$4.37 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$6.92 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $2 to $501Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$10$100$1Kfacility $13professional $10

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
$2.04
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.99
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$18.62
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$10.00

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.