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Skin Color Tattooing, Each Further Area

Washington rates for HCPCS 11922

Places matched pigment into the skin to disguise an area that has lost or changed color, for example after a burn, a scar, or reconstructive surgery. This covers each further area treated beyond the first and is billed in addition to it. The pigment is worked into the skin with fine needles and settles over the following weeks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Color Tattooing, Each Further Area cost?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $45.71 to $115.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $37 to $155
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kprofessional $76

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$158.49
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington $75.86 · 6th of 51
AK $138KY $43.65

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.