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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

North Carolina 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$191$117 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$178 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $107 to $5,495Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $102 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $191

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
$158.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$191

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.