go back

Small Pinch Skin Graft

Illinois 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?

$2,140

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,140 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$501 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$813 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,623Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $661

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
$549.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 49

$2,140

$661 physician + $1,479 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.