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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Idaho 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 8 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$204$166 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$219 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,495Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $141 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $589professional $204

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$209

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.