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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Idaho 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$490 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$437 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,660Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $617

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
5 more rates 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 51

$617

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.