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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Oklahoma 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$617$417 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$617 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,710Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $617

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
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 9th of 51

$708

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.