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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Mississippi 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$562$407 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$224 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,349Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $282 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $562

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 36th of 51

$550

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.