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Layer-By-Layer Skin Cancer Removal, First Stage

West 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 October 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$339 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$132 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,622Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,318
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $575

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
1 more rate 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
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 25th of 51

$575

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.