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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Missouri 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 7 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$617$457 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$813 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,248Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $617

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
$281.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 11th of 51

$692

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.