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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 October 2026.

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

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$295 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$275 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $186 to $4,677Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $234 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $513professional $468

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
$501.19
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$468

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.