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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Hawaii 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?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $282.

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 $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,884Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $98 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,884professional $162

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 26th of 51

$204

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.