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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 October 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$407 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$501 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,047Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
2 more rates 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
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$575

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.