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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

Wisconsin 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 October 2026.

How much does Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage cost?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 from a hospital or other facility.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$676 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$776 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,802Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,630
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$1,202

AK $1,288MD $417

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.