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

Colorado 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 7 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$759$631 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,162 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,333Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $759

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
$794.33
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,951.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$912

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.