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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 October 2026.

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

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$513 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$776 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,995Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $724

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
2 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 4th of 51

$891

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.