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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$603$417 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$631 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,898Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $603

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
$363.08
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 26th 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.