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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Michigan 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 8 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$575$447 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$589 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4,898Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $339 to $912
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $955professional $575

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
$0.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$589

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.