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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Oregon 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$3.98 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$10.72 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $363Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $12professional $8

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
$19.05
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.85
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20
12 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
$1.48
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$4.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$21.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 4th of 51

$9.55

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.