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Small Pinch Skin Graft

South Dakota 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?

$1,626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$537 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$589 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,467Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,349
$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $813

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
$457.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 40th of 49

$1,626

$813 physician + $813 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.