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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Iowa 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?

$3,842

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,842 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$891$589 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,122 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,761Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $891

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 49

$3,842

$891 physician + $2,951 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.