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Additional Layer of Precision Skin Cancer Surgery

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 17312

This continues a precision skin cancer removal technique in which thin layers of tissue are removed and examined under a microscope one at a time, until no cancer cells remain at the edges. This represents an additional layer taken from the same treatment area after the first layer didn't fully clear the cancer. The goal is to remove as little healthy tissue as possible while still eliminating the cancer completely.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$257 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$145 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,148Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $186 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $417

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
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
3 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
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 51

$417

AK $955MD $251

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.