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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Alaska rates for HCPCS 11920

Places colored pigment into the skin to disguise a patch whose color differs from the skin around it, such as a pale scar, a burn, or an area that has lost its pigment. The pigment is deposited with fine needles and stays in the skin. This covers treatment of a small area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 6 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$479$275 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$182 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $100 to $9,772Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $145 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $355professional $479

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$479

CA $1,349DC $145

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.