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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Colorado rates for HCPCS 15050

A minor skin grafting procedure in which one or more tiny pieces of skin, about the size of a small coin fragment or smaller, are taken and placed over a small wound such as a fingertip injury, small ulcer, or other minor skin defect. It is used for small areas rather than larger wounds that would need a full-sized skin graft. The technique is simpler and involves less tissue than standard skin grafting procedures.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Pinch Skin Graft cost?

$3,825

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,138 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,586Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $417 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $589

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
$602.56
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 12th of 49

$3,825

$589 physician + $3,236 facility

NJ $6,401MD $701

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.