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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Kentucky 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?

$2,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$468$380 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,413 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,365Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $468

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
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 23rd of 49

$2,759

$468 physician + $2,291 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.