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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Pennsylvania 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$102 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,288 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,318Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $95 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 37th of 51

$186

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.