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Small Pinch Skin Graft

Montana 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?

$1,650

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$759$479 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$776 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,096Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $759

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Montana 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

Montana· 39th of 49

$1,650

$759 physician + $891 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.