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Full-Thickness Skin Graft To The Scalp, Arm, Or Leg

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15220

A full-thickness patch of the patient's own skin, including its deeper layer, is removed from a donor site and stitched into place over a wound on the scalp, arm, or leg, and the donor site itself is stitched closed directly. This is a thicker, sturdier graft than a thin, split-thickness graft, and this entry covers the first section of coverage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft To The Scalp, Arm, Or Leg cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$1,445 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$851 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $537 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,162
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,950professional $1,995

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,168.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $1,995 · 2nd of 51
HI $2,042WV $661

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.