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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

New Hampshire 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$646$479 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$1,230 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,413Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $646

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
$645.65
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 15th of 51

$676

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.