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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Alabama 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 5 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$513$309 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$851 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,950Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $288 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $513

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$550

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.