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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 October 2026.

How much does Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$490$309 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$676 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,888Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $490

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,019.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$513

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.