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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Montana 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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$7.08$6.17 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$3.55 to $11.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $41Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9professional $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
$6.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.22

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 24th of 51

$7.24

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.