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

Alabama 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 5 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$661$575 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,122 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,802Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $525 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $661

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 46th of 51

$724

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.