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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 October 2026.

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

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$437 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$347 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,388Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $631

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$603

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.