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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

Virginia 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.31$2.57 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$10.96 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4,365Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $479professional $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
$3.39
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02
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
$1.00
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th of 51

$6.61

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.