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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

New Jersey 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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$575$309 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$3,388 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,471Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $575

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
$776.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 27th of 51

$617

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.