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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 July 2026.

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

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 7 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$589$347 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$692 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $347 to $9,772Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $589

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
$346.74
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 28th 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.