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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Louisiana 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?

$1,877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$501 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$708 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,715Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $457 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 49

$1,877

$589 physician + $1,288 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.