go back

Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Mississippi 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$5.75$3.31 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$115 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,479Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $407professional $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
$3.89
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.30
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
$0.87
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$1.20

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 12th of 51

$7.59

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.