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Laser Treatment Of A Small Vascular Birthmark

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 17106

Uses a laser or similar light treatment on an area of abnormal blood vessels in the skin, such as a port-wine stain. The light is absorbed by blood inside the vessels and seals them, so the redness fades. This version covers a small area, and a course of several sessions is usual.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Treatment Of A Small Vascular Birthmark cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$676$490 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,467Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $676

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
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$692

AK $871DE $295

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.