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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

New Mexico 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 Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$617$398 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$513 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,884Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,047professional $617

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
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 25th 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.