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

Iowa 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$1,349$933 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,349 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,349

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$1,413

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.