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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Illinois 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$372 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$513 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,162Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $575

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
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$575

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.