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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

New Jersey 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$4.37$2.34 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$468 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $9 to $13,490Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $10
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $4

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
$2.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$40,738.03
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.47
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.24
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
$1.07
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.42
Typical High
$0.89

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 48th of 51

$5.13

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.