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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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 6 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$6.92$4.90 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$8.32 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $3 to $550Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $22
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $21professional $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
$2.04
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.39

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$6.92

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.