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

Georgia 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,549 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,079Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,479
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$691.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Georgia $832 · 31st of 51
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.