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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Nevada 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$347 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$398 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,981Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $288 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $525

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
$302.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
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
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 41st of 51

$550

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.