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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 October 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$7.08$4.37 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$83.18 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $9 to $2,042Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $16
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $151professional $7

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
$2.24
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.33
7 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
$1.12
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 9th of 51

$7.94

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.