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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Vermont 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?

$676

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $776.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $347 to $851
$500$1Kprofessional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 13th of 51

$676

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.