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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

New Mexico 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$6.03$3.09 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$138 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $44 to $1,047Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$10$100$1Kfacility $200professional $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
$2.04
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.48
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
$1.02
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.76

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 20th of 51

$6.92

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.