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

Arizona 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 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 $1,318 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$562 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$708 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,012Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$724

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.