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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Colorado rates for HCPCS 17313

This is the first stage of a specialized technique for removing skin cancer from the trunk, arms, or legs, in which a thin layer of tissue is removed and examined under a microscope on the spot to check whether all of the cancer has been taken out before closing the site. The precise, layer-by-layer approach is designed to remove the cancer completely while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$575$331 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$2,291 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,413Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $575

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
$660.69
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$661

AK $1,288DC $525

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.