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Treatment Of Numerous Precancerous Skin Spots

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17004

Destruction of a large number of precancerous skin patches, such as rough, sun-damaged spots, in a single visit by freezing, burning, scraping or a similar method, accounted for as one combined service rather than spot by spot. It applies when many such patches are treated together in the same session. Harmless growths are not included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Treatment Of Numerous Precancerous Skin Spots cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 6 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$316$191 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$151 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $87 to $6,607Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $135 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $316professional $316

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$316

AK $316DC $129

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.