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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Utah 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$166$112 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$871 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,571Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $98 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$123.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$281.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$309.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 46th of 51

$174

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.