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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$550$309 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$398 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,754Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $550

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
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
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.1 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$550

AK $1,288MD $417

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.