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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

New York 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 9 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$166$120 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,585 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,413Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $98 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $166

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
$144.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$398.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$398.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74

Where New York 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 York· 12th of 51

$251

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.