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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Tennessee 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 6 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$562$355 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$813 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,467Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $562

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
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th of 51

$603

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.