go back

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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, 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 $60.26 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$5.50 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$6.03 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5,888Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $60professional $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
$3.39
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5,011.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd 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.