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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

Virginia 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$186$126 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$174 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $120 to $7,079Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $107 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $186

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
$190.55
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th of 51

$200

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.