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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Georgia 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$631$437 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$363 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,548Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $631

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
$549.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 16th of 51

$617

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.