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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Arkansas 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$537$372 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$589 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,820Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $288 to $794
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $537

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
$426.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 44th of 51

$575

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.