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Flap Repair Of A Skin Wound (Scalp Or Limbs)

South Carolina 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$525 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$912 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,079Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $155 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $631

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
$616.60
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
7 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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$676

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.