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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 July 2026.

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

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$955$724 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,585 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,761Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,548
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,090professional $955

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $1,148 · 11th 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.