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

Kansas 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 Kansas, 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 $2,512 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$759$661 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,096 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,413Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,047
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$812.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $832 · 30th 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.