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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 October 2026.

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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$407 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$776 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,370Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $646

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 10th of 51

$708

AK $1,288MD $417

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.