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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Minnesota 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$851$589 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$955 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,012Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $851

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
$302.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$912

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.