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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

South Carolina 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$589$363 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$468 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $151 to $2,291Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $589

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
$346.74
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
2 more rates 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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$603

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.