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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Utah 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$3.24 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$7.41 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $5 to $4,571Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$10$100$1Kfacility $1,023professional $6

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
$4.68
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.45
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.12
5 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
$1.58
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.74

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 30th of 51

$6.46

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.