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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 October 2026.

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

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$759 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,511Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $891

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$1,023

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.