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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 October 2026.

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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$550$324 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$631 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,248Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $269 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $550

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
$269.15
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
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
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 23rd of 51

$589

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.