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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Tennessee 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 6 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$6.76$4.27 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$229 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $68 to $3,236Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $20
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,047professional $7

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
$11.75
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.96

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 13th of 51

$7.59

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.