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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Missouri 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$6.31$3.98 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$151 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $50 to $3,890Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $68
$10$100$1Kfacility $741professional $6

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
$2.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.47
5 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
$0.76
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.59

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$7.41

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.