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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

South Carolina 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 7 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$6.46$3.72 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$13.80 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $6 to $9,772Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $26
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $117professional $6

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
$6.46
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.91

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$6.76

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.