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Additional Layer of Precision Skin Cancer Surgery, Body

Alaska rates for HCPCS 17314

This continues a precision skin cancer removal technique in which thin layers of tissue are removed from the trunk, arms, or legs and examined under a microscope one at a time, until no cancer cells remain at the edges. This represents an additional layer taken after the first layer didn't fully clear the cancer. The process continues layer by layer to remove the cancer completely while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Layer of Precision Skin Cancer Surgery, Body cost?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 6 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$708$380 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$355 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $151 to $9,772Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $589professional $708

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$708

AK $708RI $316

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.