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Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated

West 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.17$2.45 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$2.09 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $363Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14
$10$100$1Kfacility $7professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60
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
$0.95
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.60

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 34th of 51

$6.17

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.