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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

South Dakota 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 8 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$741$479 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$537 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,090Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,738
$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $741

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
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$741

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.