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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, 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 $1,413 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 5 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$132 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$646 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,913Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $102 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $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
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 25th 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.