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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Iowa 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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$676$537 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,072 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,761Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $676

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
$812.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$708

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.