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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Nebraska 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$776$537 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,047 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $550 to $13,490Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $776

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
$1,000.00
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$776

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.