go back

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 July 2026.

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

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$589$525 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,761Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $309 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $589

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$603

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.