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Additional Layer of Precision Skin Cancer Surgery

New York 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$269 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,259 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,244Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $174 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $347

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
$1,000.00
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
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
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12

Where New York 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.

New York· 31st of 51

$363

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.