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Flap Repair Of A Skin Wound (Scalp Or Limbs)

Maryland rates for HCPCS 14020

After removing a lesion or repairing a wound on the scalp, arm, or leg, a surgeon reshapes and repositions nearby skin to cover the defect, rather than taking a patch of skin from elsewhere on the body. This flap technique often gives a better cosmetic result than simply closing the wound edge to edge.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Flap Repair Of A Skin Wound (Scalp Or Limbs) cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$550 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$537 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,778Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$631

AK $2,291TX $537

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.