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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Kansas 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$537$347 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$708 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,128Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $269 to $891
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,162professional $537

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
$676.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kansas $617 · 29th of 51
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.