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Medical Tattooing for Skin Color Correction

West 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 3 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$162$102 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$102 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,288Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $178professional $162

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
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 47th 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.