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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Louisiana 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$525$363 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$676 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,715Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $525

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
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$661

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.