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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 October 2026.

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

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$550$389 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$479 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,455Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $550

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
$309.03
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 32nd of 51

$562

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.