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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

North Carolina 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$646$427 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$263 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,000Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $646

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
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
3 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
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$631

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.