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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Rhode Island 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?

$6.17

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.80 to $7.59.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,981Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$10$100$1Kfacility $1,413professional $5

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.22

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 45th of 51

$6.17

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.