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Flap Repair Of A Skin Wound (Scalp Or Limbs)

Minnesota 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$1,288$977 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$741 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $1,288

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
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,318

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.