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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Indiana 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 4 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$145$102 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$3,311 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,318Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $91 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$162.18
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 43rd of 51

$178

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.