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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Oregon 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 8 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$282$186 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$251 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,786Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $141 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $331professional $282

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
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 5th of 51

$288

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.