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

Florida 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$501 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$776 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,244Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $195 to $912
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,511.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
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
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$661

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.