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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Maine 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?

$525

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $832.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 50th of 51

$525

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.