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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Minnesota 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?

$2,808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,148$851 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,023 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,148

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
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 22nd of 49

$2,808

$1,148 physician + $1,660 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.