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

Indiana 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 6 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$661$562 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,467 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,471Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,023
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,457professional $661

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
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana $776 · 39th 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.