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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Illinois 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$182$141 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$389 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $178 to $5,370Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $102 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $182

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
$177.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th of 51

$214

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.