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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Washington, DC 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?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $200.

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

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $110 to $7,762Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $98 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $145

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
$109.65
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$145

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.