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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Florida 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 7 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$141$100 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,349 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,715Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $93 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $141

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
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th of 51

$174

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.