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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 October 2026.

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

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$1,585 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,291 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,913Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$2,455

AK $2,455TX $589

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.