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Medical Tattooing, Medium Area

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 11921

This service applies specialized tattoo pigment into the skin to restore natural color or camouflage an area of skin discoloration or scarring, covering a medium-sized area. It is commonly used to recreate the natural color of the nipple and areola after breast reconstruction, or to blend a scar or patch of lighter skin into the surrounding skin tone. The pigment is placed using a tattooing technique similar to cosmetic or decorative tattooing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medical Tattooing, Medium Area cost?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $214 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 5 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$288$219 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$132 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,995Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $132 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $288

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
$213.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Oklahoma than in Delaware. 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.

North Dakota· 13th of 51

$282

OK $871DE $170

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.