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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

South Dakota 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 8 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$2.04 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$14.45 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $5 to $525Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $19
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $27professional $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
$14.45
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$5.13
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.17
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$13.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$12.30
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$14.45

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 41st of 51

$6.46

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.