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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Michigan 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?

$3,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$537$447 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,202 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,898Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $537

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
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 16th of 49

$3,421

$537 physician + $2,884 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.