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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 July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Precancerous Skin Spot Treated cost?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 5 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$6.61$4.27 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$60.26 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $2 to $170Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $65professional $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
$2.09
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$3.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$91.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 33rd of 51

$6.92

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.