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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Rhode Island 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 physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $234.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,981Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $178

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th 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.