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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 8 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$490$316 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,380 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,471Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $275 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $490

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
$707.95
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 46th 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.