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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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$7.59$5.37 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$9.77 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $3 to $1,380Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $76professional $8

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
$2.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.48

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 12th of 51

$7.59

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.