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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

South Dakota 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$251$170 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$174 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $135 to $2,291Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $105 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $251

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
$112.20
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$501.19

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 11th of 51

$257

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.