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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Connecticut 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$708$479 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,890 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $708

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$776

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.