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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$603$417 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$501 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $355 to $7,079Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $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
$467.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th 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.