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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 7 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$170$117 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$603 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $186 to $10,233Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $98 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $170

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
$173.78
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$117.49
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 23rd 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.