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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 8 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$646$525 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$794 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,026Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,175professional $646

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
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 16th 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.