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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Indiana 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 6 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$575$355 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$3,162 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,318Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $282 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $575

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
$426.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 40th of 51

$589

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.