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Small Pinch Skin Graft

South Carolina 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?

$1,855

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$479 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$646 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $427 to $724
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$501.19
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 35th of 49

$1,855

$537 physician + $1,318 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.