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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 July 2026.

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

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 7 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$589$447 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$676 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,129Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $589

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
$575.44
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 51

$603

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.